AI became powerful because of interacting mechanisms: neural networks, backpropagation and reinforcement learning, attention, training on databases, and special computer chips.

Brain cells are constantly swallowing material from the fluid that surrounds them—signaling molecules, nutrients, even pieces of their own surfaces—in a process known as endocytosis that is essential ...

A multi-institutional team of researchers led by Virginia Tech's Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC has for the first time identified specific patterns of brain chemical activity that predict ...

In the future, psychedelics may be used to treat addictions because they can shake up the brain. Along with therapy, ...

Federato’s co-founder and CEO Will Ross combined deep AI experience with practical market analysis to create a company that is upending the insurance industry.

To help fight breast cancer, a public-health expert recruited the spies whose top-secret work helped find hidden Russian ...

Previous studies have reported that the cerebellum, which is most well-known for coordinating the body’s movements, is also ...

The brain network that links thinking with movement, called SCAN, was first described by WashU Medicine researchers in 2023 ...

Parkinson's disease, a progressive neurological disorder affecting more than 1 million people in the U.S. and more than 10 million globally, is ...

The company’s 12th- and 13th-generation Core chips offered big boosts to CPU performance over the 11th-generation CPUs, for example, but they also usually came with a significant hit to battery life, ...

The Island has recently published various articles on AI, and they are thought-provoking. This article is based on a paper I presented at a London University seminar, 22 years ago. Will computers ever ...