Learn more about the new biological computer that fuses brain cells and computer chips — and uses far less energy.

The brain's mechanisms for repairing injuries caused by trauma or degenerative diseases are not yet known in detail. Now, a ...

Every day, your brain makes thousands of decisions under uncertainty. Most of the time, you guess right. When you don't, you ...

Groundbreaking Harvard research is exposing hidden energy failures inside brain cells that may drive major psychiatric ...

New brain cells grow in adults through exercise. Studies show specific activities like dual-task walking, resistance training ...

Programmed cell death is an essential part of a healthy, normal life as the body removes old, damaged or unnecessary cells.

Scientists are hoping to treat diseases including cancer and Alzheimer's by influencing how cells make life-or-death ...

Scientists identified two types of brain cells, neurons and microglia, that are altered in people with depression. Through ...

To dig deeper, the researchers developed a method for measuring activation patterns in astrocytes across a whole brain of a ...

Women are affected by severe depression twice as often as men. The reasons for this have not yet been fully clarified.