The human brain, weighing roughly three pounds, runs the full spectrum of cognition, motor control, sensory processing, and ...

By scanning the brains of mice throughout their lifespans, scientists at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute and the University of ...

In 2022, Australian biotech startup Cortical Labs made a big splash after announcing that it had taught “mini-brains” consisting of 800,000 to one million living human brain cells in a petri dish how ...

In 2024, Elon Musk's Neuralink implant allowed a quadriplegic patient to play RuneScape and Slay the Spire in his brain. But now, scientists are taking things further, training lab-grown brain cells ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have created the first detailed map showing how genetic activity is controlled in ...

A new study from experts with Georgia State University has achieved a long-standing goal in neuroscience: showing how the brain's smallest components build the systems that shape thought, emotion and ...

Scientists have successfully connected living human brain cells to a computer system and taught them to interact with the classic video game DOOM. The strange experiment marks a new step toward ...

Cortical Labs is building two data centres that will house its neuron-filled chips. The technology is still in the very early stages of development ...

Neuron-powered computer chips can now be easily programmed to play a first-person shooter game, bringing biological computers ...

It’s true that the brain slows down as we age, but that’s normal—and all of us can practice some simple strategies to ...