The world’s most powerful supercomputers can now run simulations of billions of neurons, and researchers hope such models ...

A new study from Northwestern University is reshaping how scientists think about brain evolution. The research suggests that ...

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Optogenetics has long been a powerful experimental tool, but a growing body of research suggests it may now be approaching a ...

A pioneering study provides new evidence that gut microbes vary across primate species and can shape physiology in ways ...

In the mice with large-brain primate microbes, the researchers found increased expression of genes associated with energy ...

Pea-size clusters of human cells called brain organoids inspire both hope and fear. Experts are debating how scientists can ...

But many scientists still believe that the scientific keys to the kingdom of consciousness are within reach. Lately, some are ...

Which genes are required for turning embryonic stem cells into brain cells, and what happens when this process goes wrong? In ...

Exercise made 40-year-olds' brains look younger in 12 months, but the biological mystery remains: fitness gains didn't ...