Neural tissue engineering aims to mimic the brain's complex environment, the extracellular matrix, which supports nerve cell ...

A lightning-fast imaging method is exposing the hidden mechanics of brain-cell communication and offering new clues to Parkinson’s origins.

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have used a "zap-and-freeze" technology to watch hard-to-see brain cell ...

Zap-and-freeze” high-resolution imaging visualizes synapses in action and may lead to a better understanding of conditions ...

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Researchers have used a new human reference genome, which includes many duplicated and repeat sequences left out of the original human genome draft, to identify genes that make the human brain ...

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

Slicing up and analyzing real, living, three-dimensional brain tissue comes with some obvious complications – as in, it tends ...

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

Researchers say that a brain-computer interface will allow a person to use their thoughts to control a device like a computer or a phone. (CNN) — Elon Musk’s startup Neuralink implanted a computer ...

From lab-grown "mini brains" to new findings on digital design and political persuasion, University scholars are expanding ...

Scientists and philosophers have long struggled to explain how the brain generates conscious experiences. Some doubt whether the objective tools of science can ever get to grips with a phenomenon that ...