Juan Gaertner/Science Photo Library/Getty Images ) The ability to focus is not unique to humans or even to primates. Birds, ...

A Startup Is Keeping Human Brain Cells Active After Death. Could It Change Drug Testing?

A recent study published in the journal Nature suggests that the biological transition to motherhood creates lifelong ...

Neuralink achieves first through-dura implant at Toronto Western Hospital. Patient controls cursor within an hour.

A common brain protein may be giving Alzheimer’s disease an unexpected way to spread, carrying toxic Tau proteins from ...

The technology to truly understand the human brain is almost here. Within two years, researchers could have working prototypes of a platform that combines artificial intelligence with living brain ...

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Scientists have uncovered a surprising principle behind the brain's intricate development from a single cell. Researchers ...

One of the world's leading brain research centers is shifting away from fruit flies and toward a tiny, transparent fish. The ...

Neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge have identified five "major epochs" of brain structure over the course of a human life, as our brains rewire to support different ways of thinking while ...

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Neuromorphic computers modeled after the human brain can now solve the complex equations behind physics simulations — something once thought possible only with energy-hungry supercomputers. The ...