A new study provides the best evidence to date that the connection patterns between various parts of the human brain can tell scientists the specialized functions of each region.

Using single-cell RNA sequencing and genetic screening, the researchers identified key surface proteins that mediate ...

What if the brain's response to stress could be read not in fleeting neurotransmitter bursts, but in the quieting of genes ...

A study quantifies for the first time the speed at which ape species have evolved, showing that the 'sapiens' skull and face evolved twice as fast as other species due to cognitive advantages and ...

An international study changes the view that exposure to the toxic metal lead is largely a post-industrial phenomenon. The research reveals that our human ancestors were periodically exposed to lead ...

With the recent advances in cell reprogramming, scientists can take a mature human cell — such as a skin cell — and revert it ...

Source: Marek Pavlik / Unsplash Microplastics have become an unavoidable part of our daily life, embedded in packaging and clothing, and found in our oceans, in the air we breathe, and in the water we ...

Priority Research Communication by Professor Yogesh Dwivedi and colleagues at the University of Alabama at Birmingham reports original, peer-reviewed findings demonstrating that long noncoding RNAs ...

AI reveals how persistent pathogens hack human cells, driving aging and inspiring new diagnostic, anti-infection therapies.