A small segment of human DNA boosts brain size and complexity, revealing both the origins of intelligence and its ...

Researchers have shown in mice that brain cells known as astrocytes are required for a signaling chemical called norepinephrine to modify brain activity, changing the textbook understanding that ...

Humans perceive and navigate the world around us with the help of our five senses: sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell. And while scientists have long known that these different senses activate ...

Scientists from Australia's RMIT University have developed a chip that functions like a brain and sees like an eye, ...

Scientists from Australia's RMIT University have created a chip that functions like a brain and sees like an eye, potentially ...

Genetic scientists have spliced human DNA into mice, resulting in rodents with increased brain mass, offering new clues to ...

Focusing magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy on a newly identified target in the brain could improve ...

Scientists have built a device that sees and thinks like the brain, opening doors to lightning-fast robotics and safer ...

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have upended the decades-old dogma of how connections ...