Researchers have discovered a new type of neuron that plays a fundamental role in recognition memory -- how the brain registers the difference between new and familiar objects and forms long-term ...

From recognizing a friend’s face to finding our keys, our ability to remember objects shapes how we navigate daily life. But ...

New research reveals that brain cells use a muscle-like signaling mechanism to relay information over long distances.

Take a look around your home and you'll find yourself surrounded by familiar comforts—photos of family and friends on the ...

The narrow, deep holes required for one type of flash memory are made twice as fast with the right recipe, which includes a ...

Over the past 20 years, they have established that concept cells not only exist but are critical to the way the brain abstracts and stores information. New studies, including one recently published in ...

The electronics of the future can be made even smaller and more efficient by getting more memory cells to fit in less space.

Pathogen-fighting immune cells called tissue-resident memory CD8 T cells (TRM cells) go through a surprising transformation -- and relocation -- as they fight infections in the small intestine.