In the brain, highly specific connections called synapses link nerve cells and transmit electrical signals in a targeted manner. Despite decades of research, how synapses form during brain development ...

Researchers have developed a powerful new software toolbox that allows realistic brain models to be trained directly on data.

The pointy shell of sea urchins hides a remarkably complex neural network that resembles the brains of vertebrates, new research suggests.

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Remembering James Watson's legacy while exploring groundbreaking medical advancements, from organ transplants to AI in ...

Source: Marek Pavlik / Unsplash Microplastics have become an unavoidable part of our daily life, embedded in packaging and clothing, and found in our oceans, in the air we breathe, and in the water we ...

Researchers from the University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Finland, and Örebro University, Sweden, have discovered that the levels of PFAS in mothers' blood during pregnancy are ...

STANSBURY PARK — When a massive rainstorm flooded Tooele County this past weekend, most people were focused on cleanup and damage assessments. But in one Stansbury Park classroom, all that water led ...

Your brain ventricles are four fluid-filled chambers that produce cerebrospinal fluid. This fluid helps nourish your brain and protect it from injury. It would be easy to argue that your brain is the ...

Financial expert Ric Edelman shares insights on retirement planning, college savings trade-offs, goals-based investing, estate planning, brain health, and the value of space exploration for humanity’s ...

You can see it coming in right there, that little spot,” says neuroscientist and engineer Laura Lewis. A remarkably bright pulsing dot has appeared on the monitor in front of us. We are watching, in ...