A breakthrough in neuromorphic computing could lower the energy consumption of chips and accelerate progress toward artificial general intelligence (AGI). Researchers from the USC Viterbi School of En ...

Millions of people have no issue with sleeping after a good scare — in fact, they embrace it. There are scientific reasons ...

Scientists have uncovered a key role for the protein “Frazzled” in building and maintaining the rapid neural connections that allow fruit flies to react in milliseconds.

A new theory says personal change is like geographical exploration. Just as maps expand when new lands are discovered, our ...

Neuroscience has long worshiped the neocortex—the brain’s hub for sophisticated thought. But consciousness may originate ...

A new study reveals how brain circuits between the entorhinal cortex and hippocampus stabilize memories during learning.

Using single-cell RNA sequencing and genetic screening, the researchers identified key surface proteins that mediate ...

As AI—and the ethical debate surrounding it—accelerates, scientists argue that understanding consciousness is now more urgent ...

A new study discovered that so-called deliberate mind wandering can give people with ADHD the freedom to explore their ...

Researchers have discovered how newly created neurons depend on blood flow in the adult brain to travel from their site of ...