A new model suggests that astrocytes might be used in computation, coordinating with neurons and connecting synapses in ...

A new machine learning model shows that star-shaped brain cells may be responsible for the brain's memory capacity, and ...

CyberSwarm is developing a neuromorphic computing engine that mimics brain function using memristor-based artificial synapses ...

Scientists know the stomach talks to the brain, but two new studies from Rutgers Health researchers suggest the conversation ...

A Taiwanese research team has achieved a significant breakthrough in optical microscopy, using chemical expansion to enlarge ...

Scientists have developed a powerful new method for selectively and reversibly breaking connections between brain cells - a ...

Cocaine, a drug of abuse, activates just a portion—10% to 20%—of the neurons in the brain's nucleus accumbens, a critical ...

Astrocytes, once thought to be the brain’s housekeepers, may actually be silent powerhouses of memory.

The human brain makes up only 2% of our body weight. Yet it burns through 20% of our daily energy budget. That’s around 0.3 ...

A novel vision sensor inspired by the neural transmission mechanisms of the human brain has been developed to efficiently and accurately extract object outlines even under fluctuating lighting ...