The world’s most powerful supercomputers can now run simulations of billions of neurons, and researchers hope such models ...

Researchers in Japan built a miniature human brain circuit using fused stem-cell–derived organoids, allowing them to watch ...

What happens to the human brain when the force of gravity is removed from the equation? New research is beginning to reveal ...

Researchers uncover evidence that the gut microbiome and brain connection can influence brain gene expression and neural ...

Neuromorphic computing, inspired by the brain, integrates memory and processing to drastically reduce power consumption compared to traditional CPUs and GPUs, making AI at the network edge more ...

New research indicates that the structural organization of the human brain does not develop in a continuous, linear fashion ...

A pioneering study provides new evidence that gut microbes vary across primate species and can shape physiology in ways ...

Anthony Leonardo is a neuroscientist at Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s research facility who has created an environment to track dragonflies’ neuron transmissions. This research will enable him to ...

Synaptic plasticity allows brains to learn, adapt, and rewire. It’s foundational to memory, problem-solving, and complex ...

This comprehensive review synthesizes a decade of human and animal research to explain how the gut and brain communicate ...

In a July 2018 MIT News article, “ Charting the Cerebellum, ” first author Xavier Guell of MIT's McGovern Institute of Brain Research, describes his team’s state-of-the-art mapping of motor and ...