Discover how circHomer1 influences synapse development in mice, crucial for understanding brain adaptation to visual changes.

Memristors, or “memory resistors,” are the leading candidate for replacing synapses in a neuromorphic (brain-like) computer.

A new study reveals how young synapses gradually mature to send chemical signals correctly — a process that can take days and depends on neural activity.

New research shows the brain listens differently when we focus, fine-tuning sound responses to match the task at hand.

Researchers discovered that a circular RNA is crucial for synapse development and plasticity in the mouse visual system.

This balance—neurons as the silent bee workers, waves as the queen’s rhythm holding the hive together—suggests consciousness ...

Faulty brain circuits seen in Down syndrome may be caused by the lack of a particular molecule essential for the development ...

IBM has helped create an electronic “brain chip” after a decade of research. If all goes as planned, it could be one of the greatest inventions of the computing era, and this is not an understatement.

A team of physicists from Utrecht University in the Netherlands and Sogang University in South Korea have built an artificial synapse, the biological foundation of the human brain's ability to think ...

Co-written with Jai Liester. Silent synapses represent one of neuroscience's most fascinating discoveries—connections between neurons that lie dormant until activated by specific triggers. These ...

Science shows that constant complaining doesn't just spread negativity, it actually changes your brain's wiring.