How an Italian scientist doing Frankenstein-like experiments on dead frogs discovered that the body is powered by electrical impulses.

Even highly diluted crude oil can impact fish in the marshes bordering the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Wangari Maathai, a human rights advocate and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, started a movement to plant more than 30 million trees and generate nearly 1 million jobs.

Researchers find that sampling DNA from the soil can be an effective way to determine how many individuals of a variety of species inhabit a particular area.

Three-dimensional scaffolds for growing and guiding neurons are getting smaller and more tailored in design.

This year’s winners research topics ranging from stem cell regulation to brain damage from football injuries.

A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research

Researchers package a fluorescence microscope—including the light and camera—that can image the brain of a freely moving mouse.

Nerve signals control T cell responses, helping to explain inflammation and stroke.

A snapshot of the most highly ranked articles in aging research and related areas, from Faculty of 1000