How do we learn to avoid bad food? Researchers found that fat cells signal the brain using dopamine to trigger "conditioned ...

Animal behavior reflects a complex interplay between an animal's brain and its sensory surroundings. Only rarely have ...

Did humans lose their sense of smell? A study on the Orang Asli people reveals that hunter-gatherers maintain ancestral smell genes for foraging, while farmers' olfactory receptors evolved alongside ...

Researchers developed SynTrogo, a molecular tool enabling targeted synapse removal via engineered neuron–astrocyte ...

Three UW–Madison juniors have been named 2026 Goldwater Scholars, earning national recognition and funding for their research ...

As AI becomes a daily work tool, the real risk may not be losing our intelligence—but losing confidence in our own thinking.

Embodied cognition proposes that cognitive processes emerge from dynamic interactions between the brain, body, and environment. Over the past decade, ...

Investigators led by Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified mutations in a gene coding for a key ion channel in the ...

Somnee's neurostimulation technology, tACS research references, EEG sleep tracking capabilities, personalization process, ...

Event cameras were mostly used for movement: they fire events when brightness changes sharply at moving edges, making them ideal for robotics ...

Some of the loneliest moments happen in rooms full of people who genuinely like you — because what they like is a version of ...

Scientists now believe consciousness is not exclusive to humans. Research suggests it evolved gradually in animals, allowing ...