Researchers have crossed a threshold that once belonged squarely to science fiction: they have built working models of brains ...

MIT researchers are using living cells to target diseased brain areas and deliver tiny electronic devices that can modulate ...

Brain scans of thousands of people revealed that the human brain has five distinct eras, with turning points in the way it is ...

The brain implant is an ultra-thin chip designed to create a fast, wireless link between the human brain and artificial ...

Creatine plays a vital role in the body's energy system, but it also points to effects beyond "energy" that help brain and ...

Organoids are bits of neural tissue that model human brain development. Their use in science makes some uneasy, in part because the brain is so closely tied to our sense of self.

Megan Molteni reports on discoveries from the frontiers of genomic medicine, neuroscience, and reproductive tech. She joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at WIRED. You can reach ...

How a brain's anatomical structure relates to its function is one of the most important questions in neuroscience. It explores how physical components, such as neurons and their connections, give rise ...

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 ...

Researchers have used a new human reference genome, which includes many duplicated and repeat sequences left out of the original human genome draft, to identify genes that make the human brain ...