Three scientists have won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovering how to control nerve cells using light. The ...

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for the work that led to optogenetics, a method that shows how nerve cells shape memories, ...

The 2026 Nobel prize in Medicine recognises a ground-breaking progress in neurology which could help treat Parkinson's and several mental health disorders ...

A day is a long time to study a donated human brain. Bexorg thinks it’s still too short. On 7 October, the Connecticut-based ...

Some dreams feel convincing enough to blur the line between memory and imagination. Neuroscience has a surprisingly good ...

Sleep can feel like disappearing because your memory leaves large parts of the night blank. What your brain is actually doing during those missing hours is very different from death.

Blood-based biomarkers (BBMs) are blood tests that can detect Alzheimer's disease (AD) brain changes earlier, more cheaply ...

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Lonnie G. Petersen’s research to offset the way microgravity harms human health could get the US closer to achieving crewed ...

Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and other neurological diseases are getting unprecedented views inside brain cells, using powerful ...

Most people think of the bathroom as one of the safest rooms in the home. It’s private, familiar, and routine. Yet for adults ...

Most people assume stress comes from the outside. A packed schedule, a difficult conversation, a looming deadline. What very few people consider is that one of the most persistent stress signals in ...