The brain is unbelievably complicated, which is both daunting and fascinating for neuroscientists like me. In the space of a cubic millimeter—about the size of a single poppy seed—there are tens of thousands of neurons and ...
Oct 6, 2026
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Scientists who worked out how to control brain cells with light have won this year's Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel were honored for their research into "light-gated ...
Oct 6, 2026
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Our brains internally represent the outside world through the coordinated activity of billions of neurons. A single neuron responds unreliably: Even when the same stimulus is shown repeatedly, its activity varies from trial ...
Sep 25, 2026
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What if cells that form scars after a spinal cord injury could become part of the repair process? Researchers have developed a genetic system that converts certain scar-forming cells into neurons, improving movement in mice ...
Sep 23, 2026
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Melbourne researchers have uncovered a critical signaling pathway that controls the timing of brain development, shedding new light on how neurodevelopmental disorders may develop. The research, led by Murdoch Children's ...
Sep 2, 2026
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Researchers at Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix have uncovered how wildfire smoke may trigger harmful inflammation in the brain, offering new insight into why prolonged smoke exposure has been associated with neurological ...
Sep 2, 2026
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Brain-resident immune cells that have reached an old-age state called "senescence" secrete a protein that causes dysfunction in other brain cells, according to a study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine. The discovery ...
Aug 11, 2026
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Neurons that once encoded a person's memories are now helping researchers identify genetic targets that may one day help preserve memory and slow cognitive decline in others.
Aug 5, 2026
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We all hunger for information. Sometimes this drive leads us to a tangible reward, such as looking up reviews to find the perfect restaurant. But often we seek knowledge as an end unto itself, as when Galileo pointed his ...
Jul 30, 2026
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Researchers from Skoltech and co-authors from AIRI have, for the first time, quantitatively assessed how somatic mutations—random DNA changes that accumulate in cells with age—limit the maximum human lifespan. The work was ...
Jul 16, 2026
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