For the first time, an electrical communication has just been established between a living nerve cell and its artificial ...

MIT researchers discovered that the prefrontal cortex doesn’t just send generic control signals—it tailors its messages to ...

Neurons are the specialized cells that allow our bodies to transmit impulses, like factories that process inputs. They send ...

Researchers in Australia have identified a three-drug combination that greatly extends the survival of motor neuron cells in ...

All starting from the same DNA, neurons ultimately take on individual characteristics in the brain and body. Differences in ...

A research team has found that specific immune cells can connect with muscle fibers in a lightning-fast, neuron-like way to ...

Near-infrared (NIR) photon detection and object recognition are crucial technologies for all-weather target identification.

A computer model developed by researchers from Japan and Seattle's Allen Institute could lead to new methods for studying ...

One of the brain’s biggest benefits from exercise – the birth of new neurons – may not even require any movement. Instead, ...

Robots that can sense and respond to the world like humans may soon be a reality as scientists have created an artificial ...

Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign report that extracellular vesicles released into the bloodstream ...