A scientific team supported in part by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has developed a new, ultra-high-resolution ...

The potential for these kinds of machines to reshape computer processing, increase energy efficiency, and revolutionize medical testing has scientists excited. But when do we consider these cells to ...

What makes the human brain distinctive? A new study published in Cell identifies two genes linked to human brain features and ...

A new study identifies two genes tied to brain size and synapse function, hidden in hard-to-sequence DNA repeats. Using ...

Researchers now have a powerful new way to understand the types of brain cells that are affected in neurodegenerative diseases and to uncover connections between conditions such as Parkinson's, ...

Now, an ambitious Microsoft-funded project at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), is studying the neural activity ...

The harmful clumps of tau protein that build up in brains affected by Alzheimer's were reduced significantly, and the mice ...

The research, detailed in 10 papers published on Thursday in the journal Cell and its sister publications Neuron and ...

What makes the human brain distinctive? A new study published July 21 in Cell identifies two genes linked to human brain features and provides a road map to discover many more. The research could lead ...

New research shows that our brain’s internal map rewrites itself every time we navigate a familiar environment.

What makes the human brain distinctive? A new study published July 21 in Cell identifies two genes linked to human brain ...

Researchers have identified two genes from the human genome’s “dark matter” that influence brain size and synaptic signaling.