Gene therapy ‘switch’ may offer non-addictive pain relief. New approach targets pain signals while leaving the rest of the brain untouched.

When a person suffers a stroke, physicians must restore blood flow to the brain as quickly as possible to save their life.

Existing three-dimensional (3D) neuronal culture technology has limitations in brain research due to the difficulty of precisely replicating the brain's complex multilayered structure and the lack of ...

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) has awarded an $18.7 million contract to the Allen Institute for Brain Science, as part of a larger project with Baylor College of Medicine ...

Neuromorphic engineering is a cutting-edge field that focuses on developing computer hardware and software systems inspired by the structure, function, and behavior of the human brain. The ultimate ...

In 2004, Julio M. Ottino had what he thought was his dream job—and it wasn’t dean of Northwestern Engineering. After decades of success as a chemical engineering professor known for his work in ...

If you find it hard to focus after a wakeful night, it’s because your brain is busy trying to catch up on crucial ...

Can we learn everything about the brain by studying individual brain cells? It started with a simple equation. In 1980, a mathematician named Benoit Mandelbrot working for IBM plotted the behavior of ...