What makes the human brain different from that of other primates has long been a question. A new study suggests that the ...

A team at University of Massachusetts Amherst developed artificial neurons that fire in the same voltage range as living ...

Built from low-powered protein nanowires made by bacteria, these neurons could enable vastly more efficient, bio-inspired computers. Engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed ...

Researchers discovered that certain human brain cells evolved unusually fast, altering autism-linked gene activity.

Researchers from Sweden have discovered that the human brain continues to grow new cells in the memory region—called the hippocampus—even into old age. Using advanced tools to examine brain samples ...

A team of engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has announced the creation of an artificial neuron with ...

After years of debate, scientists provided new evidence for the lifelong birth of human brain cells, which may inform future therapies for neurological diseases. “This gives us an important piece of ...

A new study concludes that the speed at which the human brain evolved may help explain why our species experiences autism.

In his new BBC show, Jim Al-Khalili journeys through hundreds of millions of years of brain evolution. Live Science spoke to ...

What unique processes conspire to create a healthy, functional human brain? How can we be so genetically similar to, say, chimpanzees, and yet be light-years more sophisticated cognitively and ...

FinalSpark are not the only scientists working in the biocomputing space. Australian firm Cortical Labs announced in 2022 ...

The brain is like an ecosystem—thousands of different types of cells connect to form one big, interdependent web. And just as biologists document species of plants and animals, neuroscientists have ...