As prominent artificial intelligence (AI) researchers eye limits to the current phase of the technology, a different approach ...

Researchers are no longer just simulating brains in silicon, they are wiring living human neurons into machines and asking ...

A group of Chinese researchers has created a robot with a brain made of human stem cells. The technology is technically a "brain-on-a-chip," and the researchers have been working to train the robot to ...

Brain organoids can be a good step forward, assuming they are grown from induced human pluripotent stem cells. That allows us to sidestep ethical concerns about the use of human embryos, thereby ...

When the myelin sheath that surrounds nerve fibers in the brain and spinal cord becomes damaged, a number of debilitating conditions can result that limit mobility, inhibit independence and reduce ...

A 23-year-old's seizures broke his spine. A stem cell implant into his brain stopped them. This story is part of a series on ...

Scientists help mice regain mobility after a stroke using human stem cell transplants, opening up a promising avenue for ...

The human brain can do many amazing things, but self-repair is not one of its repertoire of abilities. Once neurons die—from trauma, stroke, or disease—they rarely grow back. Scientists have been ...

An international research team involving the German Primate Center—Leibniz Institute for Primate Research (DPZ), Hannover ...

The discovery of a new type of stem cell in the brain could usher in better treatments for the deadliest brain tumor. UCSF scientists have discovered a stem cell in the young brain that's capable of ...