The human brain runs on a tight energy budget. Despite making up only 2% of our body weight, it devours around 20% of our ...

Columbia scientists mapped brain mitochondria for the first time, revealing how energy shapes memory, mood, and mental health ...

Organoids have revolutionized science and medicine, providing platforms for disease modeling, drug testing, and understanding developmental processes. While not exact replicas of human organs, they ...

Having dedicated his career to understanding human brains, Eagleman shared his perspective in Newsweek's AI Impact interview series with Marcus Weldon.

A group of researchers at Anthropic were able to trace the neural pathways of a powerful AI model, isolating its impulses and dissecting its decisions in what they called "model biology." ...

Animals have long been utilized to understand the impact of environmental factors contaminants and chemicals on the brain function. While they remain a ...

This model could influence pharmaceutical testing, particularly benefiting drug safety for pregnant women. Microglia are special cells in the human brain. Like a diligent ranger overseeing a ...

A new Drosophila collection of Parkinsonism models reveals early synaptic cholinergic projection neuron dysfunction, linking synaptic failure to later dopaminergic decline, highlighting a role for ...

This model could influence pharmaceutical testing, particularly benefiting drug safety for pregnant women. Microglia are special cells in the human brain. Like a diligent ranger overseeing a forest ...