Metamaterials provide researchers with a new concept of designing artificial materials, bringing vigor and vitality to advanced materials.

A joint team of scientists have advanced the first step towards real-time, remote and wireless mind control of metamaterials.

Study has revealed that the Alzheimer’s protein amyloid-beta accumulates inside nerve cells spreading from cell to cell via nerve fibres.

Before they enter a classroom, people learn to identify commonplace objects like a “dog” and a “chair” just by encountering them in life.

Our brains rarely record single memories—instead, they store memories into groups so that the recollection of one memory triggers others.

During sleep, we commonly experience two types of sleep phases, alternating one after the other: non-REM sleep and REM sleep.

Neuroscientists have unlocked the mechanisms behind performance monitoring, which gives people the ability to learn from their successes.

A new study shows that Oxytocin release increases with age, showing why, on average, people are more caring as they get older.

Ketamine therapy has a swift short-term effect on reducing symptoms of depression and suicidal thoughts, according to research.

It turns out that human memory can be edited on the fly, creating memories that are nowhere near set in stone.

The aim of the research was to find out what happens in participants' brains while they experience emotionally engaging situations.

Research to tackle psychiatric conditions where maladaptive decisions are observed through exposure to ultrasound neuromodulation.

Enrico Amico learned that every one of us has a brain “fingerprint” and that this fingerprint constantly changes in time.

The ability of cognitive control allows humans to override the brain’s impulses and also plays a role in making moral decisions.

Chatting with a robot is now part of many families' daily lives, thanks to conversational agents such as Apple's Siri or Amazon's Alexa.

A study in patients with epilepsy is helping researchers understand how the brain manages the task of learning a new language

A portable optical sensor system would allow a medic or layperson to quickly diagnose the severity of a brain injury in the field

People with mentally stimulating jobs have a lower risk of dementia in old age than those with non-stimulating jobs, finds a study.

Whether listening to a concerto by Bach or the latest pop tunes on Spotify, the human brain does not wait passively for the song to unfold.

Thanks to their swimming robot modeled after a lamprey, EPFL scientists may have discovered why some vertebrates