USC researchers built artificial neurons that replicate real brain processes using ion-based diffusive memristors. These ...

Researchers at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and the School of Advanced Computing have built artificial neurons that ...

How the brain decides what’s real—and why it sometimes fails. It’s a foggy day in New York City. Through my computer screen, I believe I’m seeing and hearing neuroscientist Nadine Dijkstra. But how ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Those aren’t just lyrics from the Queen song “Bohemian Rhapsody.” They’re also the ...

Doomscrolling. Instagram obsessions. Mindless YouTube video viewing. Distracting behaviors, yes. But can they actually rot a person's brain? Last year, Oxford University Press designated "brain rot" ...

Do you feel like spending hours on social media has rotted your brain? You might have what Gen Z and Alpha call "brain rot." Here's what that really means.

When a sound repeats steadily—like a drumbeat, a bell, or even a clock ticking—it doesn’t just echo in your ears. Deep inside your brain, something far more interesting happens. Instead of just ...

Emily Simpson’s 10-year-old son, Luke, is set to undergo a brain procedure after being diagnosed with PANDAS.

When we think of hernias, we often think of our abdomen or groin, and that is where hernias most often occur. But a hernia simply describes when a tissue or organ escapes or protrudes from the cavity ...