In the 1990s, the development of this gentler and more precise microscopy method improved scientists’ ability to probe neurons’ activity and anatomy.

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Photon emissions in the brain are red-shifted in more-intelligent species, though scientists dispute what that means.

NSAIDs reduce this "parainflammation," hinting at how they help lower cancer risk.

Imaging and manipulating the brain has come a long way from electrodes and the patch clamp, though such traditional tools remain essential.

What researchers are learning as they sequence, map, and decode species’ genomes

Drosophila antennae let the insects seek out moisture levels they like best.

Neurons in the lamprey spinal cord can sense pH and counteract changes from the body’s optimal range.

The pollinators of a wild tobacco plant use the tip of their proboscis to determine whether they should stop for a drink.

Biogen’s aducanumab reduces amyloid-β plaques in a dose-dependent manner, according to interim results of a Phase 1b clinical trial.

An analysis of bone fractures in the famous hominid’s fossil remains suggest that she stretched out her arms to brace for a fall before she died.

The virus replicates in the vaginal tissue of pregnant mice and in the brains of their fetuses, researchers show.

Limiting food intake leads to the conversion of white fat cells into more metabolically active brown fat cells through an immune response, a mouse study shows.

Applying a mechanical force that pulls on a cell stretches chromatin, facilitating transcription, scientists show.

Donald Henderson, who led the World Health Organization’s fight against the disease in the 1960s and ’70s, has passed away at age 87.