This remarkable efficiency stems from synapses, the connections between brain cells that can strengthen or weaken based on patterns of electrical signals. These synapses allow the brain to form both ...

Animation of artificial synapses made from magnetic Josephson junctions. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Jan. 26, 2018, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS.

At these synapses, neurotransmitters carry signals across the gap, instructing the receiving neuron to pass on an electrical ...