Given the complexity of the process, it’s astonishing any human has ever mastered the ability to read. Although written ...
Researchers have used a new human reference genome, which includes many duplicated and repeat sequences left out of the original human genome draft, to identify genes that make the human brain ...
The Human Neuroimaging Laboratory at Baylor College of Medicine performs groundbreaking research using fMRI scanners. Here’s a look at some of the lab’s major experiments conducted since it opened in ...
It's too late for Lenin, but the University of Pennsylvania's high-resolution MRI scan of a dead person's brain is full of detail. Ex vivo MRI of the brain provides remarkable advantages over in vivo ...
If the genome is an instruction manual, then the chemical modifications that comprise the epigenome are like highlighters and sticky notes. Each epigenetic mark tells cells which parts of the manual ...
“A central goal of neuroscience is to develop an understanding of the brain that ultimately describes the mechanistic basis of human cognition and behavior,” said Jeremy Herskowitz, Ph.D., associate ...
How a centuries-old math puzzle helped us see inside the human brain. By Steven Strogatz Photo illustrations by Jens Mortensen Each installment of “Math, Revealed” starts with an object, uncovers the ...
Recently, Nvidia founder Jensen Huang, whose company builds the chips powering today’s most advanced artificial intelligence systems, remarked: “The thing that’s really, really quite amazing is the ...