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A new study proves individual human cortical neurons have the computational complexity of an entire deep artificial neural ...

Scientists have uncovered the gene-regulation mechanism that determines whether a cell survives or dies when under stress.

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(Daisy-Daisy/iStock/Getty Images) Our understanding of the human brain is experiencing a watershed moment. The sewerage gates ...

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Western researcher Patrick O’Donoghue advances Huntington’s disease research with tRNA-based strategies to suppress toxic proteins and improve treatments.