A groundbreaking study conducted by engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has developed an artificial neuron ...

Built of low-powered protein nanowires, made from bacteria, these neurons open the door to vastly more efficient, ...

UMass Amherst engineers have built an artificial neuron powered by bacterial protein nanowires that functions like a real one ...

Summary: Scientists have shown that neurons don’t rely solely on sugar for energy — they can also burn fat. When energy ...

Engineers at the University of Massachusetts have created the first artificial neurons that will possess the ability to ...

Artificial neuron breakthrough at UMass could enable bio-computing, wearables, and direct cell-device interfaces.

New research links a specific pesticide, cis-chlordane, to ALS by disrupting energy production in nerve cells. Lab studies ...

Scientists have built an artificial neuron that’s so realistic it fires, learns, and responds to chemical signals just like the real thing – a breakthrough that could transform computing, medicine, ...

A study has described how a gene mutation linked to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) disrupts the stability of neurons and “chokes off” their nuclei, impairing their function. The research, ...