The author's brain imaged live-time by the Medical Mirror, developed by Virgil Wong, Akshay Kapur and Jessica Lacson The brain and perception are, in the words of Buster Poindexter, “hot, hot, hot,” ...

In 1906, biologists Camillo Golgi and Santiago Ramón y Cajal shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that illuminated the physical structures of the human brain. Working ...

UC Santa Cruz research innovations and academic programs advance brain and mental health.

Brain organoids can be a good step forward, assuming they are grown from induced human pluripotent stem cells. That allows us to sidestep ethical concerns about the use of human embryos, thereby ...

Researchers are turning human brain cells into tiny biocomputers. Here’s what the tech can actually do, what’s hype, and the ...

Cognitively normal human brain samples collected at autopsy in early 2024 contained more tiny shards of plastic than samples collected eight years prior, according to a new study. Overall, cadaver ...

Researchers have used a new human reference genome, which includes many duplicated and repeat sequences left out of the original human genome draft, to identify genes that make the human brain ...

As a neuroscientist, I am not afraid of AI. Source: Randa Marzouk/Unsplash In fact, I would love to see it improve faster. One major obstacle to a significant leap is that AI is developed by engineers ...

The human brain may contain up to a spoon’s worth of tiny plastic shards—not a spoonful, but the same weight (about seven grams) as a plastic spoon, according to new findings published Monday in the ...

Human Buddy is a new animated show that explores the wonders of the human body in a fun and entertaining style. This series delves into the intricacies of human anatomy with humor and creativity. #hum ...