Researchers around the world are studying how the human brain achieves its extraordinary complexity. A team at the Central ...

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Assistant Professor of Biomolecular Engineering Tal Sharf's lab used organoids to make fundamental discoveries about human ...

"One Hand Clapping" draws from neuroscience, evolution, philosophy and a rich tapestry of cultural references to examine how ...

Every second, trillions of tiny parcels travel through your bloodstream—carrying vital information between your body's cells. Now, scientists at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute have opened this ...

Humans have long wondered when and how we begin to form thoughts. Are we born with a pre-configured brain, or do thought ...

This approach has the potential to rejuvenate specific tissues affected by mitochondrial decline," author Gaharwar told ...

MC1R is best known for something quite different from wound healing: the gene is responsible for red hair and very fair skin.

New research using human brain organoids shows that early neural activity follows structured, time-based patterns long before sensory experience begins.

The newly described microbe represents a world of parasitic, intercellular biodiversity only beginning to be revealed by ...

In a quiet lab at Utrecht University, researchers have built a tool that lets you watch one of life’s most serious crises ...