Researchers at the Kennedy Institute have provided the most comprehensive overview to date of how the distinctive segmented ...

Scientists have uncovered how a newly discovered gene, NEK1, in which mutations have been linked to ALS cases, disrupts the function of the motor neuron and causes it to degenerate and die. The viral ...

September 28, 2007 — A new case study suggests that the ventrolateral nucleus (VL) of the thalamus, thought be involved in motor function, may also play a role in sensory processing. Researchers led ...

A scientist has identified a new part of the human brain in a discovery he compared to finding a new star. The newly named endorestiform nucleus sits in the inferior cerebellar peduncle, at the ...

Chloroplasts, the plant cell's green solar power generators, were once living beings in their own right. This changed about one billion years ago, when they were swallowed up but not digested by ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Nanotechnology offers new strategies to enable minimally invasive and localized approaches for diagnosing and treating cancer, thereby avoiding the serious side effects and ...

Sony has released a new, more user-friendly workflow version of its vendor-neutral medical imaging platform, NUCLeUS. The next generation will offer hospitals a streamlined digital imaging workflow ...