Researchers in Japan built a miniature human brain circuit using fused stem-cell–derived organoids, allowing them to watch ...

On Monday, Jan. 12, findings published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) revealed that ...

Does string theory—the controversial “theory of everything” from physics—tell us anything about consciousness and the human ...

New research indicates that the structural organization of the human brain does not develop in a continuous, linear fashion ...

The world’s most powerful supercomputers can now run simulations of billions of neurons, and researchers hope such models ...

Recent work has revealed some of the many crucial functions of astrocytes, brain cells that were once thought to play primarily supportive roles for neurons. Astrocytes do handle debris around neurons ...

A new study from Northwestern University is reshaping how scientists think about brain evolution. The research suggests that ...

Neuroscientists have been trying to understand how the brain processes visual information for over a century. The development ...

Exercise made 40-year-olds' brains look younger in 12 months, but the biological mystery remains: fitness gains didn't ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- The human brain contains about 86 billion neurons. These cells fire electrical signals that help the brain store memories and send information and commands throughout the brain and ...