Latest neuroscience News

Using light to control brain cells – neuroscientist Karl Deisseroth explains how he made his Nobel-winning discovery
Can AI Tell Which Odour We Are Smelling?
They Care For Carers
Cottage cheese, sunscreen and pimple popping: Strange Health is back for season two
Relationship Value Shapes Infection Risk
Our willingness to take infection risks is determined by how we value the relationship
StratNeuro supports clinical neuroscience research in 2026
Research projects helps Stockholm meet sustainable food goals
AI behaves more like a brain than a database – cognitive science’s role in its origin story helps explain why
Graphene technology provides real-time insight into brain vulnerability after stroke
Does your sleep tracker get it right? A Pittsburgh neuroscientist weighs in
2026 Australian Mental Health Prize Winners Announced
Slow down, reminisce if it feels right: practical tips for talking to people with dementia
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Peter Hegemann, Georg Nagel and Karl Deisseroth
Quantum sensing device secures $2.2M funding boost to improve iron diagnosis in First Nations communities
Protein found to regulate dozens of important drug targets
KI Researchers Behind New NATO Guidelines
UNSW receives $5m to accelerate psychosis research and care
Australian researchers close-in on cause of kidney damage during heart-lung bypass surgery
Brain stimulation could reshape how you learn new skills
Blood test and patient reports provide different pictures of alcohol use
Substance use disorder is linked to an increased risk of suicide
Jens Hjerling Leffler: “Research Should Be Punk”
Researching Intrusive Thoughts – And Their Treatment
Studying the relationship between social conditions and mental ill-health
Your brain runs on 20 watts. Could brain-inspired computing do the same?
Australia’s only multiple sclerosis stem cell resource expands research opportunities in progressive MS
New insights into how the brain responds after a severed nerve is repaired could boost recovery
New Method Tested Against Bacterial Toxin In Brain
Top Politicians’ Health Is To Be Investigated
Are too many Americans taking antidepressants?
People with Tourette syndrome, like Billie Eilish, use everything in their power to suppress tics – this exhausting process is key to treatment
Exploring Biology Of Depression
Grant To Explore Genetic Clues To Cluster Headache
New MRI method could help track Huntington’s disease and its treatments
Important Milestone For ALS Research And Care
Star Trek at 60: the secret of this pioneering series was its exploration of humanity, not aliens
New Clues About Causes Of Severe Headaches
NeurotechEU Hackathon Wearable Neurotechnology: fNIRS and EEG
New Brain Clue On Female Binge Drinking Behaviour
The brain has its own thermostat – study shows epilepsy may interfere with it
New therapies help people with schizophrenia – but access is woefully inadequate
Internet-based treatment shows promise as a treatment for young people with depression
New research shows how psychedelics reorganise the patterns in your brain
Is the laundry still damp, or just cold? Why your skin can’t tell the difference
De-stress And Expand Your Brain At NeuroSTEM
Collaborative projects awarded funding to advance neurotechnology education across Europe
How naming shared values is an effective approach to leading through a crisis