Researchers at Australian start-up Cortical Labs have taught human neurons grown on a chip to play the classic Doom game. In 2021, they had already used 800,000 neurons to play Pong. Now, with four ...

Human brain cells are now interacting with computer systems, learning to play video games like Doom. Researchers have ...

Living human neurons were trained to play Doom, extending the long-running engineering benchmark into biological computing.

Unlike most frontier neuroscience projects that rely primarily on state funding, this one has been built through a rare mix ...

Neuropathologist Elaine Bearer was curious after discovering unidentifiable "glassy blobs" in the brains of two people who had dementia, as reported by Chemical & Engineering News. Bearer could not ...

Older adults with exceptional memories continue to grow new brain cells. A recent study published in the journal Nature shows ...

Specialized brain cells in the hypothalamus act as a disposal route for tau protein, shuttling it from cerebrospinal fluid into the bloodstream. When those cells break down, tau accumulates in the ...

When the topic is plastic pollution, it usually revolves around the ocean or wildlife. But a report from Psychology Today showed it's much closer to home. St. George's University psychiatrist Dr.

A large barrier in neuroscience is the ability for researchers to conduct studies on a live, functioning brain without surgery or implanting probes. Today researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of ...

Going to space is harsh on the human body, and as a new study from our research team finds, the brain shifts upward and backward and deforms inside the skull after spaceflight.

The crackle of electricity inside your brain has long been too complex to decode. Artificial intelligence is changing that.