Biobots, whose growing line of variants started with xenobots, are fascinating tiny self-powered living robots built ...

A new study investigating neuroinflammation in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) of the brain, a small, midbrain dopaminergic region, has found that acute and chronic depression are associated with ...

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have created the first comprehensive sex-specific atlas of GLP-1 expression in the mouse brain, mapping the molecule mimicked by blockbuster ...

Sunday morning, Feb. 15 saw the launch of the Happy Valley Bluegrass Church at Iron Horse Music Hall. It was led by Jim Henry and the Deep River Ramblers, joined by singer and banjo player Annie ...

Anticipating the sugar content of a drink enhances the subjective perception of sweetness, even if the drink actually contains only a sweetener. This was reported on March 2 in The Journal of ...

A new study reveals that astrocytes, once dismissed as mere support cells, play a central role in fear memory.

No one has had a Synchron brain-computer interface longer than Rodney Gorham. He’s still finding new ways to use it.

A new study shows how dysfunctional packaging of the neurotransmitter dopamine triggers toxic processes in neurons—and how this can be repaired with simple delivery of energy (ATP). Parkinson's ...

A new study shows how dysfunctional packaging of the neurotransmitter dopamine triggers toxic processes in neurons - and how this can be repaired with simple delivery of energy (ATP).

Researchers have uncovered something extraordinary: starfish don't have five arms. They are, genetically, one massive, circular head.

Human pluripotent stem-cells (HPSCs)—including human embryonic stem-cells and human induced pluripotent stem-cells—are reshaping the landscape of regenerative medicine.1,2 In Parkinson's disease, ...