Researchers have mapped a tiny sliver of the human brain on an unprecedented scale, vividly detailing each brain cell, or neuron, and the intricate networks they form with other cells. The ...

Scientists created the largest functional map of a brain to date using a piece of a mouse's brain. The map details the wiring that connects neurons, offering insight into brain function and ...

In the world of medical research, few journeys feel as personal and urgent as that of Dr. Alexander W. Charney. His career began with curiosity, but patient care reshaped it into a mission. A recent ...

Audrey Carleton, Bruce Gil, Emily Nadal, and Zachary Smith contributed reporting. Support for this project was provided by the Fund for Investigative Journalism. Mount Sinai, a leading hospital ...

The Open Brain Institute launches as a not-for-profit organization to make the 18-million-line software recipe to build and simulate mammalian digital brains developed in the Blue Brain Project openly ...

Since the publication of the Human Genome Project, researchers have expanded the field of genomics to probe deeper into the underpinnings of human biology and disease, including studies of the body’s ...