A groundbreaking study conducted by engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has developed an artificial neuron ...

UMass Amherst engineers have built an artificial neuron powered by bacterial protein nanowires that functions like a real one ...

The human brain is an astonishing machine- complex, adaptive, and constantly reshaping itself in response to how we live. Yet ...

A new study has brought scientists one step further in the direction of developing a cure for a brutal group of rare brain ...

Exercise has long been linked with stronger brains and reduced risk of dementia and other cognitive diseases. But new research suggests that older adults can significantly improve brain health with ...

In the middle of the night, the world can sometimes feel like a dark place. Under the cover of darkness, negative thoughts ...

Scientists have shown that specialized cells involved in how the body responds to insulin are activated in the brain after exercise, suggesting that physical activity may directly improve brain ...

A new study published in Nature Communications provides evidence that the human brain does not simply shrink with age but ...

A new advanced imaging study led by scientists from the Centre for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College London (ICL), has looked at what happens in people's brains when they take the potent ...

To navigate something as complex and dynamic as the brain, a map would help. Researchers have learned an enormous amount about how we think, what drives our behaviors, and why we feel the way we do ...

Now why would someone throw paint all over a perfectly good human brain? The good news is that this isn’t a paint splattered brain, but the colors are meaningful. This is a functional magnetic ...