To test the limits, the researchers started by firing a powerful, ultrafast laser into the side of a volunteer’s head. The ...

Researchers at the University of Glasgow just achieved what many thought impossible: transmitting light completely through an ...

Researchers have measured the brain’s faint glow for the first time, hinting at a potential role of “biophotons” in cognition ...

Will Leitch’s latest literary novel, “Llyod McNeil’s Last Ride,” will inspire, uplift, and break your heart. How do you tell your loved ones that you are dying? Llyod McNeil faces his most formidable ...

A collaborative team led by the School of Engineering’s Haneesh Kesari works to better prevent, detect and understand ...

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Discover how the brain solves complex problems using simple strategies like hierarchical and counterfactual reasoning.

Scientists have developed a new technique for non-invasive brain imaging – and it involves shining light all the way through ...

In short, yes they are. "It's something very close. The human brain is roughly 77 to 78 per cent water," says Chan. "Our brains require water to function properly.

For years neuroscientists have focused on the brain’s neurons as its principal creators of memory and thought. But what if the reason for our cognitive abilities isn’t in the electrical activity of ...

We have developed new, tiny robotic surgical tools that may let surgeons perform “keyhole surgery” on the brain. Despite ...

I certainly remember mastering it at school: that weird little maths shelter you built, with numbers cowering inside like ...