Delhi teen Mahi Malhani built TRASHbot, an AI robot that collects and sorts waste with accuracy, making cleanliness easy, ...

Some autistic people seem to have unusually strong connections between different regions of their brain, while others have weakened links. These two connectivity patterns appear to be associated with ...

A study led by Georgia Institute of Technology's Associate Professor Costas Arvanitis takes a major step toward safer and more effective treatment and diagnosis of brain diseases. His team's research, ...

New research suggests the astringent sensation caused by flavanols could act as a direct signal to the brain, triggering effects similar to a mild workout for the nervous system. In mouse experiments, ...

In the fraction of a second before a person speaks, their brain weaves together complex grammar, precise vocabulary and the underlying meaning of the language. Now, researchers have tracked the ...

Casey Harrell uses his implants to talk to friends and family, read to his young daughter, and perform his job. Casey Harrell has had a set of electrodes embedded in his brain for almost three years.

For the past six years, Casey Harrell’s life has felt like a slow-motion car crash. At 42, he began to lose his voice to the neurodegenerative disease ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. His world ...

Scientists at the University of Sydney have uncovered a malfunctioning version of the SOD1 protein that clumps inside brain cells and fuels Parkinson’s disease. In mouse models, restoring the ...

Le'Niyah Williams used to assume people wouldn’t show up for her. Most days, she tried not to take it personally – adults got busy, schedules changed, and promises slipped, so it was easier not to ...

One of the world's leading brain research labs is switching from fruit flies to a tiny, transparent fish. The goal is to observe an entire animal's brain at work. One of the world's top centers for ...