A computer model developed by researchers from Japan and Seattle's Allen Institute could lead to new methods for studying ...

Researchers have created one of the most detailed virtual mouse cortex simulations ever achieved by combining massive ...

Harnessing the muscle of one of the world's fastest supercomputers, researchers have built one of the largest and most ...

A new study has pinpointed how the APOE4 gene variant sabotages the brain’s energy balance, blocking neurons from burning fat for fuel when glucose runs low, a discovery that could reveal new ways to ...

All starting from the same DNA, neurons ultimately take on individual characteristics in the brain and body. Differences in ...

Researchers found that ancient hominids—including early humans—were exposed to lead throughout childhood, leaving chemical ...

Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School and their collaborators have created one of the most comprehensive single cell maps of the developing human brain. The atlas captures nearly every cell type, ...

In a dark MRI scanner outside Tokyo, a volunteer watches a video of someone hurling themselves off a waterfall. Nearby, a computer digests the brain activity pulsing across millions of neurons. A few ...

“Your brain will only perform as well as the nutrients you’re giving it. The Mediterranean diet has the best evidence for ...

In a cinematic mood whiplash so severe it should come with a chiropractor referral, Max Porter’s Grief Is the Thing With Feathers hits the big screen—with Benedict Cumberbatch playing a widowed father ...

Infectious meningoencephalitis, characterized by inflammation of both the brain and adjacent meninges, is caused by a variety ...

Robots that can sense and respond to the world like humans may soon be a reality as scientists have created an artificial ...