A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the ...

A University of Ottawa neuroscientist has led a Canadian research team to reveal important new insights into the activation ...

Key cells in the brain, neurons, form networks by exchanging signals, enabling the brain to learn and adapt at incredible speed.

By crafting an artificial brain-like environment with microscopic nanopillars, researchers have successfully guided neurons ...

Earlier studies done mostly on mice discovered that the brain had a system that flushed its tissues with cerebrospinal fluid, which carried away waste products in a process called glymphatic clearance ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Stem cell therapy has been shown to restore normal brain activity patterns after ischemic stroke, even when administered one month post-stroke. This therapy ...

A brain structure called the amygdala, and its connections with another region, the prefrontal cortex, shape people’s experiences and social interactions. The discovery of a key molecular ...

By embedding threads containing electrodes within the human brain, the company’s device allows paralyzed patients to engage with digital devices through their thoughts. Arbaugh, for example ...

In his book The Mathematical Universe, mathematician William Dunham wrote of John Venn’s namesake legacy, the Venn diagram, “No one in the long history of mathematics ever became better known ...

Your brain has a lot of work to do, constantly balancing tasks while conserving energy. If you understand how the human brain decides what to pay attention to—and what to ignore—your public ...

“Even low-level exposure that people think is safe enough for public health is doing something at the brain level,” says Megan Herting, a neuroscientist at the University of Southern ...

The Online STEM Challenge is a four-day hybrid programme designed to give participants the opportunity to apply their STEM knowledge to solve a real world problem. Focused on how different STEM ...