Artificial intelligence may write award-winning essays and diagnose disease with remarkable accuracy, but biological brains still hold the upper hand in at least one crucial domain: flexibility.

The brain's health depends on more than just its neurons. A complex network of blood vessels and immune cells acts as the brain's dedicated guardians—controlling what enters, cleaning up waste, and ...

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have upended decades-old dogma of how connections between brain cells are rearranged during states of heightened vigilance or ...

A type of aggressive, treatment-resistant brain tumor has a distinct population of immune cells that support its growth, according to new research. A type of aggressive, treatment-resistant brain ...

Neuro-contextual ads deliver 3.5x higher neural engagement than non-contextual ads, a 26% positive lift in responses, and 30% higher than standard IAB contextual ads, according to findings from ...

Fluorescent microscope image of transplanted microglia (branching yellow shapes) in a mouse brain. Red marks gene-edited transplanted microglia, green marks immune cells called macrophages, and blue ...

Patients with depression are at higher risk of cardiovascular disease, and a new study suggests that stress may help explain why. Research from Mass General Brigham suggests that this increased risk ...

Major new research has explained the driving habit changes you must 'never ignore' ...