How does a single cell reliably build one of the most complex structures known in nature? New research suggests the answer ...

Researchers examined anatomy of neurons from humans, mice and fruit flies. They discovered that the cellular structure of the brain is at a critical point, poised between two phases. New insights ...

A new study suggests that what we eat every day may play an important role in how our brains age. Researchers have found that a diet that combines elements of the Mediterranean diet and a blood ...

Using MRI scans of almost 1,000 Dutch people, researchers show that there is indeed a connection between brain structure and ideology. However, the connection is smaller than expected. Nevertheless, ...

The brain may organize emotions like locations on a map, revealing a hidden system that helps people interpret changing ...

A recent study published in the Journal of Sleep Research suggests that people who frequently experience lucid dreams have ...

Recent breakthroughs in artificial intelligence have uncovered surprising geometric structures within large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT. These findings offer a new perspective on how these ...

Forgetting small everyday details can feel alarming. Yet doctors say many of these moments are linked to stress, sleep loss, ...

For a long time, the claim has been made that the brains of conservative people are different than those of progressives. Using MRI scans of almost 1,000 Dutch people, researchers from the University ...

When a magnet is heated up, it reaches a critical point where it loses magnetization. Called “criticality,” this point of high complexity is reached when a physical object is transitioning smoothly ...