Just a few fibers are enough for the two hemispheres of the brain to communicate with each other. This was shown by a new ...

How does the brain take out its trash? That is the job of the brain's lymphatic drainage system, and efforts to understand ...

How do the circuits of the human brain work—and what happens when they are disrupted? To investigate these questions, ...

A new study has pinpointed how the APOE4 gene variant sabotages the brain’s energy balance, blocking neurons from burning fat ...

Learning to code doesn’t require new brain systems—it builds on the ones we already use for logic and reasoning.

New research reveals that the human brain contains a built-in pain map that activates in different regions when relieving ...

Scientists found that ancient lead exposure shaped early human evolution. The toxin may have played a surprising role in the development of modern cognition and language. An international team of ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) could soon become more energy-efficient and faster, thanks to a new approach developed at the ...

Around 10 million new cases of dementia are diagnosed globally every year, with Alzheimer’s disease accounting for 60-70% of ...

An early-stage study has found that a common chemotherapy drug disrupts lymphatic cells in the tissue surrounding the brain.

Humans evolved larger brains and flatter faces much faster than other apes, suggesting that intelligence shaped our skulls.

Homing in on the junk-food pyramid to rank its most harmful members, researchers from Virginia Tech have discovered that ...