Astronomers from the University of Hawaiʻi's Institute for Astronomy (IfA) have discovered the most energetic cosmic ...

ASCO heard data suggesting that cell therapy may be a way of treating glioblastoma, which has been long seen as incurable.

A ruptured suit won’t make you explode in space, but it will steal your oxygen in ten seconds and boil the water in your tissues.

Astrocytes, once thought to be the brain’s housekeepers, may actually be silent powerhouses of memory.

Studying connections in the thalamus Newer technologies that can selectively activate and monitor cells are now affording a better glimpse of the thalamus. “There’s been an explosion of studies of ...

In a development that could challenges the boundaries of technology and biology, an Australian startup has unveiled the world's first commercial biological computer, running on living human cells.

Scientists at UBC’s faculty of medicine have discovered a new type of brain cell that plays a central role in our ability to remember and recognize objects. Discovery of ‘ovoid cells’ reshapes our ...

Sponsor Message When the blast wave is from a big explosion ... especially vulnerable structure is the blood brain barrier, a protective layer of cells lining the inner surface of blood vessels.

NIH-funded mouse study provides roadmap for how aging may alter brain cell genetic activity Based on new brain mapping research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), scientists have ...

To discover how brain cells respond to microgravity, Scripps Research scientists, in collaboration with the New York Stem Cell Foundation, sent tiny clumps of stem-cell derived brain cells called ...

Neurons have historically been the cell most associated with memory. But far outside the brain, kidney cells can also store information and recognize patterns in a similar way to neurons ...

Memories can form outside of the brain, according to new research. Non-brain cells exposed to chemical pulses similar to the ones that brain cells are exposed to when presented with new ...