The universe has no brain. It has no gray matter, no nervous system, no neurons firing electrical impulses—and yet, that ...

Every day, people are constantly learning and forming new memories. When you pick up a new hobby, try a recipe a friend ...

From a cubic millimeter of tissue, scientists constructed a precise, 3D map of the activity in a mouse’s brain, detailing ...

Researchers have created the largest and most detailed wiring diagram of a mammalian brain to date, by mapping cells in a ...

How do we learn new things? Neurobiologists using cutting-edge visualization techniques have revealed how changes across our synapses and neurons unfold. The findings depict how information is ...

Is the human brain, with all its problem-solving prowess and creative ability, powerful enough to understand itself? Nothing in the known universe (with the exception of the universe itself) is ...

A map of part of a mouse brain, which is expected to be generalisable to people, could help scientists understand behaviours, ...

So it seemed a no-brainer for everyone that there shouldn’t be grandmother neurons in any brain”. And yet, the no-brainer is seemingly wrong about the brain. As it turns out, grandmother ...

Scientists at Pennington Biomedical Research Center have gained greater clarity in the brain regions and neurons that control metabolism, body temperature and energy use. Featured in the February ...