Scientists have successfully connected living human brain cells to a computer system and taught them to interact with the classic video game DOOM. The strange experiment marks a new step toward ...

A pair of new studies have provided fresh evidence in the long-running scientific debate—and the result could be ...

"If the neurons fire in a specific pattern, the Doom guy shoots." The post Researchers Get Human Brain Cells Running Doom ...

Scientists placed 200,000 living human brain cells on a microchip and taught it how to play a doomsday video game — and are ...

You've heard of hardware. But have you heard of "wetware?" The post New Data Centers Will Be Powered by Human Brain Cells ...

When we learn a new skill, the brain has to decide—cell by cell—what to change. New research from MIT suggests it can do that ...

Biotech startup Cortical Labs is working on two small data centers run by human brain cells, putting lab-grown neurons onto silicon in an experiment that could one day challenge chips from the likes ...

A dish of living human neurons has been taught to play Doom. No, it isn’t conscious or watching the screen the way players do. But it is learning to respond to signals in a way that produces ...

Adults whose brains still have strong neuron production seem to have better memory and cognitive function than do those in whom the ability wanes, finds a study published today in Nature. The ...

A chronological map of the fetal brain reveals when key cells emerge and provides clues about autism and cancer.

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The kick-off signal for puberty begins in the brain. Specifically, in the hypothalamus, where specific neurons release a ...