Around 200 million animals are used in lab research around the world each year. Organoids may one day replace them.

When we learn a new skill, the brain has to decide—cell by cell—what to change. New research from MIT suggests it can do that with surprising precision, sending targeted feedback to individual neurons ...

Scientists placed 200,000 living human brain cells on a microchip and showed it how to play a shoot-em-up video game — and are now using the dystopian technology to power AI data centers.

A trumpet-shaped, single-celled organism seems able to predict one thing will follow another, hinting that such associative learning emerged long before multicellular nervous systems ...

An interdisciplinary research team from two working groups at the Center for Synthetic Biology at TU Darmstadt has developed ...

Scientists trained a brain organoid to solve a well-known engineering task, and its success demonstrates the increasing complexity of lab-grown brains.

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In films like The Matrix and Ex Machina, the boundary between biological intelligence and machines dissolves. Human minds are ...

A dish of living human neurons has been taught to play Doom. No, it isn’t conscious or watching the screen the way players do. But it is learning to respond to signals in a way that produces ...

Researchers challenge the "efficiency" theory of the brain, showing that neurons become more coordinated and share more information as learning occurs.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A biocomputer powered by lab-grown human brain cells has leveled ...

A solar charging kit, inexpensive as-is and purchased after further promotional enticement, enables keeping a remotely located vehicle battery topped off. One of the things I enjoy most about ...