Scientists have discovered that the adolescent brain does more than prune old connections. During the teen years, it actively builds dense new clusters of synapses in specific parts of neurons. These ...

During sleep, the brain weakens the new connections between neurons that had been forged while awake -- but only during the first half of a night's sleep, according to a new study. During sleep, the ...

A team led by Jason Shepherd at the University of Utah has identified the protein responsible for loading toxic tau into tiny membrane-bound packages that carry it from one neuron to the next, ...

The epic saga continues as director Denis Villeneuve returns to Arrakis for Dune: Part Three. Based on Frank Herbert’s celebrated novel Dune Messiah, this highly anticipated sequel to the blockbuster ...