The amount of any given protein in a cell has to be controlled to keep its levels within a range required for healthy ...

The questions of how humankind came to be, and whether we are alone in the universe, have captured imaginations for millennia ...

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Coimbra have discovered that the human brain organizes hand movements much like an alphabet — combining a small set of simple motions ...

In theory, quantum physics can bypass the hard mathematical problems at the root of modern encryption. A new proof shows how.

For decades, scientists believed Alzheimer’s was driven mainly by sticky protein plaques and tangles in the brain. Now Purdue researchers have revealed a hidden culprit: fat. They found that brain ...

Researchers at the University of Alberta have found a way to measure how engaged people living with dementia are when they're playing a computer game—which could pave the way to new treatments that ...

What happens when you listen to speech at a different speed? Neuroscientists thought that your brain may turn up its ...

Excess fat in brain immune cells weakens defenses against Alzheimer’s. Blocking fat storage restored their ability to fight ...

The left and right sides of the brain control different functions in the body. Some people believe that the left and right sides of the brain can determine personality and behavior, but there is no ...

Jon Peddie traces the evolution of GPUs from fixed-function pipelines to today’s AI-era shader monsters and shows how the ...

Artificial intelligence has taken many forms over the years and is still evolving. Will machines soon surpass human knowledge ...

UC researchers and the patients they work with are showing the world what's possible when the human mind and advanced ...