Growth & Development
May 28, 2025
How Knots of DNA Help Create Our Sense of Smell
Newfound structures in mice may play a role in early development and neurodegenerative disease
Disease
May 27, 2025
Restoring Brain Cell Behavior
In a new study in mice, scientists are closer to undoing missing DNA damage linked to mental illness
The Senses
May 19, 2025
How an AI Fish Senses the World
Digital version of a real fish that detects objects using electric fields demonstrates promise of AI for studying the senses
The Senses
May 7, 2025
Scientists Map Tongue’s Sweet Sensor, May Lead to New Ways to Curb Sugar Cravings
Discovery reveals the workings of the key molecule responsible for our insatiable attraction to sugar.
Learning & Memory
April 17, 2025
How Do Memories of Places Form?
First recordings of activity in the branch tips of mouse neurons reveal unexpected secrets underlying the creation of mental maps
Growth & Development
April 11, 2025
Scientists Win Award for Fundamental Research
Prizes recognize their pioneering research illuminating how cells communicate with each other, a crucial factor to them developing properly.
Learning & Memory
April 7, 2025
Art is in the Brain of the Beholder
Brain scans reveal neural circuitry linked with the subjective interpretation of art
Learning & Memory
March 12, 2025
Songbirds Highlight Dopamine’s Role in Learning
Researchers studying zebra finches see, for the first time, how dopamine guides trial and error learning.
News
March 5, 2025
What are indirect costs?
Funding for science is front-page news, with the NIH announcing cuts to indirect costs. Unfortunately named, indirect costs may not sound important. But these funds are the foundation of a system that made the US a global leader in science, as explained in this animation.
Learning & Memory
December 18, 2024
New Peek at Connections Between Neurons Shines Light Into Memory Formation
Scientists for the first time see, in mice, the precise way in which connections between neurons change during memory formation
