A heart attack activates stress circuits in the brain that evolved for survival but can amplify inflammation, disrupt healing ...

The brain’s hemispheres are specialized for efficiency. Modern neuroscience shows lateralization enhances function without ...

Human navigation turns out to be less like following a static map and more like tuning a control knob inside the brain. New imaging work suggests that deep in the hippocampus, a seahorse-shaped ...

What gives rise to human consciousness? Are some parts of the brain more important than others? Scientists began tackling these questions in more depth about 35 years ago. Researchers have made ...

A new study has demonstrated how networks of spiking nanolasers could emulate a key principle of brain function: to imagine ...

Neural tissue engineering aims to mimic the brain's complex environment, the extracellular matrix, which supports nerve cell growth, development, and proper connectivity. This environment is carefully ...

Scientists have for the first time located the "mileage clock" inside a brain - by recording the brain activity of running rats. Letting them loose inside a small, rat-sized arena, the researchers ...

Plastic pollution is no longer an issue affecting only oceans, soil, or the air. A recent scientific study found ...

The damage doesn't happen in long-term missions; just spending a couple of weeks in orbit can physically reshape an astronaut ...