A pair of new studies have provided fresh evidence in the long-running scientific debate—and the result could be ...

A new study suggests AI systems could be a lot more efficient. Researchers were able to shrink an AI vision model to 1/1000th ...

When you get better at a skill—recognizing a familiar face in a crowd, spotting a typo at a glance, or anticipating the next move in a game—sensory neurons in your brain become more coordinated, ...

Fat-based vesicles help deliver GM1 to the brain, improving movement and extending survival in mouse models of ALS, a study finds.

New research from the University of Wyoming reveals that the brain cells that control hunger may be far more adaptable during prenatal brain development than scientists previously believed. This ...

After training neurons to play Pong, the team is back, and this time the brain cells are slaying demons with super shotguns.

Living human neurons were trained to play Doom, extending the long-running engineering benchmark into biological computing.

All animals, including humans, experience stress. Not the type where you worry about paying bills, but metabolic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For decades, it was widely accepted that neurons relied exclusively on glucose to fuel their functions in the brain. This is not ...

Researchers found three master genes that alter brain development in Down syndrome, offering new clues about learning and memory differences.

A dish of living human neurons has been taught to play Doom. No, it isn’t conscious or watching the screen the way players do. But it is learning to respond to signals in a way that produces ...