Mapping the density, molecular features and energy-transformation capacity of cell organelles called mitochondria in the brain reveals region- and cell-type-specific variability that tracks with ...

So how much of your brain do you really need to survive? Neuroscientists are still investigating this question, and there ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. You may recall that during one of our news roundup episodes last month, I mentioned a new study on microplastics ...

Researchers offer advice about new evidence showing the human brain has alarmingly higher concentrations of microplastics than other organs You can save this article by registering for free here.

To foster the next generation of life science research, 50 of the world’s top emerging scientists from 25 nations have won ...

Siegfried Musser, PhD, and his team in the Department of Cell Biology and Genetics at the Texas A&M College of Medicine have ...

Brain scans, postmortem dissections, artificial intelligence and lab mice reveal differences in the brain that are linked to sex. Do we know what they mean? When you purchase through links on our ...

Arizona's highest court has created a pair of AI-generated avatars to deliver news of every ruling issued by the justices.

The communication system between your gut and brain is called the gut-brain axis. They’re connected both physically and biochemically in a number of different ways. They may even influence each ...