Scientists apply principles of math and physics to unravel the mystery of how the endoplasmic reticulum, an organelle vital ...

The structural biologist, who has devoted his life to studying the processes behind aging, discusses the surprising things he ...

The study investigates an emerging research field: the interaction between sleep and development. The authors use Drosophila larvae sleep as a study model and provide valuable insight into how ...

Novel tools that allow neuron-specific investigations of the structure controlling sleep regulation in fruit flies reveal the extent of neuronal heterogeneity.

STEM, 5¢ for citizenship—that's how America apportions its education dollars. Our beleaguered universities must redress the ...

Scientific Resurrection Even before the dawn of civilization, many species went extinct, usually from a mix of climate warming at the end of the Ice Age, and over-hunting or competition with early ...

The 3D brain map includes more than 200,000 cells, 523 million synapses and over two miles of axons, representing the most detailed wiring diagram of a piece of mammal brain ever constructed ...

NIH-funded project helps unraveling the brain’s wiring, giving clues to how we see the world.

The stunning research is supercharging our understanding of human brain disorders and advancing U.S. national interests in ...

Information gathered in just one cubic millimeter of a rodent’s cerebral cortex will help unravel the complex neural networks ...

Scientists found that fruit fly larvae can sense electric fields, adding them to a list with sharks, bees, and even the ...

Researchers have created the largest and most detailed wiring diagram of a mammalian brain to date, by mapping cells in a ...