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A recent study published in the journal Nature suggests that the biological transition to motherhood creates lifelong ...

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Scientists have uncovered a surprising principle behind the brain's intricate development from a single cell. Researchers ...

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The brain has emerged as a new frontier in medical technology. Bloomberg Primer explores where the next neurotechnology advances will lead.

By tamping down metabolism, a new experimental treatment that induces a hypothermia-like state may slow stroke-associated ...

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Neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge have identified five "major epochs" of brain structure over the course of a human life, as our brains rewire to support different ways of thinking while ...

One of the world's leading brain research centers is shifting away from fruit flies and toward a tiny, transparent fish. The ...

Neuromorphic computers modeled after the human brain can now solve the complex equations behind physics simulations — something once thought possible only with energy-hungry supercomputers. The ...