Imagine the magnificent glaciers of Greenland, the eternal snow of the Tibetan high mountains, and the permanently ice-cold ...

It has genes for ribosomes, tRNAs, and mRNAs. These components are the scaffolding of life: the tools by which cells read ...

One of the most divisive debates in modern neuroscience has finally been resolved by a new study showing that our brains ...

For more than six decades, neuroscientists have wrestled with a fundamental question about the human brain: Do adults ...

Scientists developed living materials that turn Martian dust into structures using synthetic lichens. This innovation enables ...

Summer is now in full swing, and that means it's a good time to restock your TBR so that you're well-equipped for vacations, ...

Scientists discovered that the brain keeps making new neurons even in adulthood, offering hope for brain health treatments.

A study in the journal Science presents compelling new evidence that neurons in the brain's memory centre, the hippocampus, ...

Stanford researchers discovered that dialing down an overactive enzyme, LRRK2, can regrow lost cellular “antennae” in key ...

Incoming information from the retina is channeled into two pathways in the brain's visual system: one that's responsible for ...

The team suspects that neurogenesis happens in other parts of the adult brain, too. In mice, new neurons are regularly made ...