Artificial neurons could open a pathway toward computing that resembles human brain power.

Brain tissue is an optical mess. Water, lipids, and tangled cellular membranes all bend light in different directions. If ...

Credit: Mark Hersam/Northwestern University Printed artificial neurons can now send lifelike signals that activate real brain ...

A protein in the brain called FTL1 may accelerate aging and affect memory, paving the way for new therapies in the future ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A ‘cryosleep pod’ in the 1979 science-fiction film Alien. (20TH CENTURY FOX via AJ Pics/Alamy) A familiar trope in science fiction ...

When the brain encodes and consolidates memories, it often connects related experiences that happened in different places and ...

A team in Germany has shown that mouse brain tissue can regain measurable signs of activity after being preserved in a glass-like state at extremely low temperatures and then thawed. The work marks a ...

Cells long thought to play a secondary role in brain function build their own far-reaching connections, a new study in mice showed. These pathways appear to connect distant regions in ways that have ...

Hibernation can vary by species. Martin says some hibernators, such as ground squirrels, rewarm—or wake up from hibernation from internal heating, rather than with the help of warm weather. This ...

Engineers at Northwestern University have taken a striking leap toward merging machines with the human brain by printing ...