In a recent study published in Current Biology01156-4), researchers uncovered how the human brain processes the concept of ...

22, 2024 — A new study finds that mitochondria in our brain cells frequently fling their DNA into the cells' nucleus, where the mitochondrial DNA integrates into chromosomes, possibly causing ...

Despite its importance for mathematics, the neuronal basis of the number zero in the human brain was previously unknown.

Two Types. Confocal microscopy reveals α-synuclein (green) and lipids (red) in three adjacent inclusions (left and right). The white arrows point to Type I inclusions loaded with lipids. Blue ...

Microplastics are inescapable. These miniscule plastic particles have been found at ancient archaeological sites, in freshly ...

Between and around the billions of neurons in the human brain is an equally vital scaffold, the extracellular matrix (ECM).

An analysis of tissue samples from nearly 1,200 older adults found that the more insertions individuals had, the younger they died.

Scientists have captured one woman’s cognitive evolution into motherhood, taking repeated brain scans over three years to ...

Neuroscientist Liz Chrastil got the unique chance to see how her brain changed while she was pregnant and share what she ...

Microplastics have been found in brain tissue above the nose, suggesting a likely passageway for microscopic plastic shards ...

Police say the package claimed to have human remains inside with a handwritten note labeled, "Contents Poison." The hospital was temporarily placed on "divert" status, shutting down all incoming ...

This is Part 4 of a four-part series on What Actually Are Emotions? “Understanding the cognitive basis of emotional experience is a subset of the problem of understanding the cognitive ...