For the first time, real-time imaging tracks what happens to cancer cells arriving in the brain, identifying a new strategy to prevent brain tumors. Metastasis occurs when cancer cells break away from ...

Scientists are testing a strikingly simple idea for calming some of the brain’s most stubborn seizures: remove the aging cells that seem to be fanning the flames. Instead of cutting out large pieces ...

AI has all but overtaken the thinking universe. Training an early version of ChatGPT consumes about 1300 megawatt-hours of electricity, roughly the amount used by 130 American homes. It takes a human ...

When removing cancerous tissue in the brain, neurosurgeons often use "awake brain mapping" to minimize the risk of causing unintended disruptions to a patient's quality of life while removing as much ...

What unique processes conspire to create a healthy, functional human brain? How can we be so genetically similar to, say, chimpanzees, and yet be light-years more sophisticated cognitively and ...