Language-Specific Hardware: At the single-neuron level inside the hippocampus, individual cells are largely language-specific ...

Despite its small size—it could sit in the palm of your hand—the zebra finch is a remarkable learner. A songbird native to Australia, it's renowned for its ability to pick up new songs. That talent ...

Connexus uses 421 microelectrodes to detect signals from individual neurons.

TL;DR: Scientists at the National University of Singapore have developed a silicon transistor that mimics biological neurons and synapses, offering a scalable and energy-efficient solution for ...

The researchers found that specific neurons increased their electrical firing rate just before certain components of speech, ...

Biological computing, a field in which living human neurons interface with silicon hardware, is progressing from proof of concept to early functional systems, with broad implications for computing ...

Humans (Homo sapiens) possess many distinct characteristics compared with our closest extant relative, the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes). However, despite striking phenotypic differences, the genomes ...

Alzheimer's disease is driven by a buildup of a toxic protein called Tau that kills neurons. As toxic Tau spreads to new ...

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Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Software engineers have been on a quest to get DOOM to run on any piece of hardware physically possible, but now the quest has made new ground in the ...

After years of debate, scientists provided new evidence for the lifelong birth of human brain cells, which may inform future therapies for neurological diseases. “This gives us an important piece of ...

A new study from the Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience researchers may help explain an enduring mystery about ...