Phys.org

Biology-inspired brain model matches animal learning and reveals overlooked neuron activity

A new computational model of the brain based closely on its biology and physiology has not only learned a simple visual category learning task exactly as well as lab animals, but even enabled the ...
Medical Xpress

Natural protein drug may slow neuron death linked to Alzheimer's disease

Scientists at the University of Colorado Anschutz have discovered that while brain neuron changes, including cell loss, may begin in early life, a drug long-approved for other conditions might be ...
EurekAlert!

Brain neuron death occurs throughout life and increases with age, a natural human protein drug may halt neuron death in Alzheimer’s disease

AURORA, Colo. (Dec. 19, 2025) – Scientists at the University of Colorado Anschutz have discovered that while brain neuron changes, including cell loss, may begin in early life, a drug long-approved ...
The New York Times

Harvard’s President Will Stay in the Role Indefinitely

Alan M. Garber was appointed after his predecessor resigned under pressure. He has been in the role as Harvard fended off challenges from the Trump administration. By Vimal Patel Alan M. Garber will ...
The New York Times

Harvard Replaces Leader of Health Center Said to Have Focused on Palestinians

The center at the university’s public health school was also a focus of the Trump administration after having been examined in a Harvard antisemitism report earlier this year. By Mark Arsenault ...
USA Today

Harvard professor agrees to leave country after pellet gun arrest

A Brazilian academic serving as a visiting professor at Harvard Law School was arrested by U.S. immigration authorities and charged with firing a pellet gun outside a Massachusetts synagogue the day ...
Popular Science

Your brain changes at 9, 32, 66, and 83

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A team of neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge in the ...
CNN

Former Harvard president Larry Summers steps aside from teaching as university probes Jeffrey Epstein documents

Former Harvard president Larry Summers will not finish out the semester in his instructor role, a Harvard spokesperson confirmed, as the university investigates emails from Jeffrey Epstein released ...
GeekWire

Scientists create a supercomputer simulation that can reveal how the brain works, neuron by neuron

Creating a virtual brain may sound like a science-fiction nightmare, but for neuroscientists in Japan and at Seattle’s Allen Institute, it’s a big step toward a long-held dream. They say their ...
Inc

Here’s What Happens to Your Brain When You Take Just 3,000 Steps a Day, According to Harvard Research

Science is clear that 10,000 steps isn’t the magic number. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t another magic number out there. A new study out of Harvard Medical School recently published in Nature ...
New Atlas

We may not need to exercise to get the same neuron boost as a workout

One of the brain’s biggest benefits from exercise – the birth of new neurons – may not even require any movement. Instead, the beneficial “packages” circulating in the blood after working out can be ...
The Boston Globe

Limited federal funds to Mass. brain bank threaten progress on Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s

A Massachusetts brain bank that supplies tissue for research was spared potentially devastating cuts to federal funding, but its new contract still could hamper efforts to understand and treat some of ...