Over the past decades, computer scientists have introduced numerous artificial intelligence (AI) systems designed to emulate the organization and functioning of networks of neurons in the brain.

Real-life researchers taught a dish of roughly 200,000 living human brain cells to play the classic 1990s computer game “Doom ...

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The nervous system is a complex network of nerves and cells that carry messages to and from the brain and spinal cord to various parts of the body. The proper functioning of these nerves ensures that ...

The eye is essentially a biological camera. It uses the light around us to create spectacular images that help us navigate ...

The brain is the most complex organ in the human body. Different parts of the brain perform a variety of functions, all of ...

Researchers have mapped how "histone bivalency" acts as a molecular clock for brain development. By holding genes in a poised state, this mechanism ensures neurons mature only after completing ...

A new synthetic molecule switches between emitting green and blue light after application of a solvent or mild heat. The ...

A scientific dispute spanning six decades about fundamental mechanisms of visual perception in mammals has now been settled.

A midbrain region in fish combines light signals from the eyes and the pineal organ, a light-sensing structure often called the 'third eye.' ...