Microscopy continues to transform the life sciences. Here are five recent breakthroughs made possible by the technique.

Information pervades the universe, yet means nothing. Meaning emerged when matter organized into systems that could ...

Researchers are uncovering how disrupted glutamatergic synapses drive diverse forms of intellectual disability, revealing new ...

This is an important study on the sensory roles of Cerebrospinal fluid-contacting neurons (CBF-cn) in mammals. The authors identify PKD2L1 as the predominant pH-sensing channel CBF-cn and show how the ...

Electricity has always been central to how life works, from the firing of neurons to the beating of the heart, but new ...

Humans have the remarkable ability to remember the same person or object in completely different situations. We can easily ...

Until now, it has been difficult to maintain retinal ganglion cells deep inside organoids over extended periods. The supply ...

Does string theory—the controversial “theory of everything” from physics—tell us anything about consciousness and the human ...

In visual cortex, neural correlates of subjective perception can be generated by modulation of activity from beyond the classical receptive field (CRF). In macaque V1, activity generated by ...

Researchers at VIB and KU Leuven have identified a molecular process that allows motor neurons to maintain protein production, a process that fails in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

USC researchers built artificial neurons that replicate real brain processes using ion-based diffusive memristors. These devices emulate how neurons use chemicals to transmit and process signals, ...