A team of researchers in Germany has restored electrical activity in mouse brain tissue after storing it in a glass-like frozen state at roughly negative 150 degrees Celsius for up to seven days. The ...

AI has all but overtaken the thinking universe. Training an early version of ChatGPT consumes about 1300 megawatt-hours of ...

New research suggests that psilocybin shifts the brain from a relaxed state into a highly engaged pattern of rapid electrical ...

We have long been told a simple story about reward: Dopamine is the "wanting" molecule that drives us toward goals, and ...

A recent study published in Perception suggests that playing outdoor sports improves peripheral color detection. The findings ...

Researchers identified TBC1D9B as the off switch for ARL8B, a key regulator of lysosome positioning. This mechanism controls how cells adapt to nutrient stress and maintain metabolic balance.

A mouse study highlights the role of acetylcholine in behavioral flexibility, offering new insight into the brain mechanisms involved in addiction and obsessive compulsive disorder.

The world is full of surprising facts about the Earth and how we interact with it, even when we don’t understand or appreciate what happens around us. We use a bit of science to sort out the millions ...

Aging men often lose the Y chromosome in a growing number of their cells—and it may be far more dangerous than once believed. This loss has been linked to heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s, and ...

The systematic review, published in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry and led by researchers at the University of Technology Sydney and Auburn University, ...

It has long been known as the arbiter of reward in the brain, but recent findings could upend this classic theory of dopamine ...

Neuralink’s first brain implant in a human patient took place in January 2024, but the details of what the company’s clinical trial actually requires of participants, regulators, and the company ...