Our brains are large compared with other animals, so it is tempting to assume there was an evolutionary advantage to them – ...
Researchers have found a way to trigger the brain’s sleep-like reset process in mice that were fully awake, reducing the ...
Working memory is the information we need to access to complete the tasks we’re engaged in right now, and scientists think it ...
Chlorpyrifos, a pesticide still legally applied to strawberries, apples, citrus, soybeans, and wheat in most US states, more ...
Biomedical engineers use iPSCs to grow specialized retinal endothelial cells, successfully regenerating damaged eye blood ...
Biomedical engineers at Duke University have used induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) to grow specialized blood vessel ...
General anaesthesia, which has long been regarded as a condition where awareness has effectively been turned off, now appears ...
An experimental drug has been shown to alleviate symptoms of Huntington's disease and extend lifespan in mouse models.
Watching astronauts float through the International Space Station makes space look surprisingly comfortable. They glide from ...
Cell death in dementia has long posed a frustrating problem. Toxic proteins pile up inside neurons in Alzheimer’s disease and ...
The unconscious brain appears to be far more capable than scientists once believed. Researchers found that patients under ...
Scientists tracking blind Mexican cavefish uncover a striking evolutionary reversal where existing brain circuits are rewired via dopamine to flip behavioral responses to light.