A recent study published in the journal Nature Medicine has uncovered alarming levels of microplastics in human brain tissue. Researchers from the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center ...

Scientists recorded increase brain activity just before the patient died. What happens to the human brain as people are on the precipice of death is an enigma that has perplexed ordinary folks and ...

A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the process differed from the evolution of chimpanzees. For the study, published ...

Scientists have discovered a fascinating link between creativity and cognitive impairment. In addition to producing art and literature, creativity is essential for problem-solving and adaptation.

Human Brain Cancers Fire Electrical Impulses -- Researchers Reveal Unexpected Hybrid Cell Spiking the Signals Sep. 5, 2024 — Researcher have uncovered a new cell type in the human brain that ...

Nov. 27, 2024 — Brain size increased gradually within each ancient human species rather than through sudden leaps between ... The Secrets of Fossil Teeth Revealed by the Synchrotron: A Long ...

Certain proteins found in the human brain have long been known to be critical to controlling how brain cells communicate with each other. So-called GABA A receptors are proteins that control the ...

The study used data from the Developing Human Connectome Project ... Little is known about the newborn brain, leaving many questions, such as this one, unanswered. Yumnah Khan “It has been ...

The feature suggests that LLMs might acquire these abilities by imitating how the human brain computes information using layered neurons organized in feedback loops. But this assumes that brains ...

The scientists are proposing that the human ancestor, which had an extremely large brain bigger than that of modern humans, be called Homo juluensis. The designation of a newly identified species ...

The human brain, as the seat of mental life—from the most complicated intellectual processes down to routine and unconscious bodily control—is necessarily enormously complex. The largest part ...

A pregnant woman holds her baby bump with an inset image of an MRI scan. MRI scans can show how the brain changes over time. A pregnant woman holds her baby bump with an inset image of an MRI scan.