We can get silicon to "think" but the neuron can't be beat for efficiency. So, researchers worked to imitate it.

According to sleep memory theory, dreaming sleep is essential for consolidation of memory. Daydreaming, when we're awake and ...

Ticklish laughter appears across primates and triggers ancient brain circuits. Yet after two millennia of inquiry, its ...

AI‑designed intracellular antibody fragments can stay stable inside cells and bind misfolded proteins, opening new treatment ...

Northwestern University engineers printed artificial neurons that don't just imitate the brain—they talk to it. In a new ...

Welcome to this week's Chutes & Ladders, our roundup of significant leadership hirings, firings and retirings across the ...

Engineers at Northwestern University have taken a striking leap toward merging machines with the human brain by printing ...

Scientists link a rising brain protein to memory decline and show it can be reversed in mice, offering a new target for ...

Brain function has traditionally been interpreted within a neuron-centric framework; however, this view has shifted toward a model of neuron-glia ...

The earlier it's detected, the earlier treatment can start.

Princeton-led advancement integrates living brain cells with 3D electronics, enabling low-power pattern recognition and ...

Three life-science prizes were awarded for advances in gene therapies. Opthalmologists Jean Bennett and Albert Maguire, and ...