When an ancient Roman resident of the coastal city Herculaneum was struck down by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, what ...

Scientists have long tried to understand the human brain by comparing it to other primates. Researchers are still trying to ...

Columbia scientists mapped brain mitochondria for the first time, revealing how energy shapes memory, mood, and mental health ...

Often compared to a computer, the body's most complex organ operates using a code of electrical and chemical signals. These signals transmit through wires, nodes and networks to process and store ...

The skull evolved for protection against blunt force. Modern acceleration and rotational forces expose the brain to new injury risks. We must rethink brain protection strategies.

The system harnesses technology similar to that of devices like Alexa and Siri, according to the researchers, and improves on ...

On this episode of Primer, we explore the world of biocomputing, where scientists are blurring the lines between the biological and synthetic.

They are present everywhere, including the human brain. A recent paper in Nature Medicine found that the human brain contains approximately a spoon's worth of microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs ...

Chinese brain interface developers CIBR and NeuCyber are rapidly advancing in the global race to implant brain-computer ...

Awad: The brain has about 20 to 50 times more blood vessels in it than any other organ in the body. Hundreds of miles of blood vessels are coiled inside the human brain. It's the distance from Los ...