A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that individual cells in the human ...

For years, one of the simplest explanations for human intelligence was also one of the biggest: the human brain has an enormous number of neurons. It also has an even more enormous web of connections ...

Researchers at McGill University have developed a light-sensitive nanoscale structure that mimics a neuron in information ...

What makes the human brain capable of language, imagination, mathematics and invention? For many years, the prevailing view ...

The researchers say our neurons' cognitive potency comes from its unique structure. Compared to those of other mammals, human ...

A new study proves individual human cortical neurons have the computational complexity of an entire deep artificial neural ...

Most people wouldn’t give Geobacter sulfurreducens a second look. The bacteria was first discovered in a ditch in rural Oklahoma. But the lowly microbe has a superpower. It grows protein nanotubes ...

A team at Carnegie Mellon University is helping kids understand artificial intelligence with a soft, squishy, LED-lit neural network. "Everyone, even middle schoolers, needs to know a little about ...

Built of low-powered protein nanowires, made from bacteria, these neurons open the door to vastly more efficient, bio-inspired computers. (Nanowerk News) A team of engineers at the University of ...

Tole combines ultrasound and AI to improve motor neuron disease diagnosis, reducing reliance on invasive procedures.

Nanoscale structure made from inorganic material could be used to improve artificial retinas and to make AI more efficient.