About 10 years ago, a small piece of human brain arrived in the lab of Dr. Jeff Lichtman at Harvard. It came directly from an operating room of a nearby hospital, where it was excised from an epilepsy ...

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Ten years ago, Dr ...

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 ...

A multi-university research team co-led by University of Virginia engineering professor Gustavo K. Rohde has developed a system that can spot genetic markers of autism in brain images with 89 to 95% ...