Prof. Bozhi Tian of the University of Chicago is on the frontier of bioelectronics, building living machines that can heal, ...

A pioneering new treatment promises to tackle a wider range of cancers, with fewer side-effects than conventional ...

Louis-Jeantet Prizes are awarded to Gilles Laurent, director at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in Frankfurt and ...

The director of the Max-Planck-Institute for Brain Research has shaped the modern science of neuronal populationsGilles ...

Duke neuroscientist Kafui Dzirasa wants nothing less than to reengineer the brain’s electrical patterns to treat anxiety, ...

Males and females really are wired differently from birth, according to a new study from the University of Cambridge.

The brain is made up of many varieties of cells. Traditionally, scientists organized brain cells into two major types: neurons and glial cells. Neurons carry electrochemical signals, a bit like ...

The latest Fortnite leaks hint at a possible collaboration with Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, one of the most popular franchises where players take on the role of Sam Fisher and fight global terrorism.

Previous research has found differences in gene expression between humans and chimpanzees, and that human cells tend to have higher gene expression, but the picture was blurry. The brain is made ...

NIH-funded mouse study provides roadmap for how aging may alter brain cell genetic activity Based on new brain mapping research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), scientists have ...

Non-neuronal brain cells called tanycytes are illuminated and color-coded according to their depth in the hypothalamus brain of a mouse. They are one of the cell types in the mouse brain that show a ...