The researchers treated mouse serum with microplastics to form the microplastics that absorbed proteins, according to a ...

Microplastics have been found in our lungs, guts, and even our blood. Now, researchers say they may reduce protective enzymes ...

“Rather than actively shaping experience, the thalamus (if it is considered at all) has typically been relegated to a role in ...

Modern imaging is contributing significantly to giving us a better understanding of how our brains work. In the long term, this will also help us to treat learning disorders in a more targeted way and ...

Long dismissed as impossible, nerve regrowth is offering new hope for healing injuries and treating neurodegeneration ...

Our brains know we’ll change our minds before we do. Understanding how might help us learn to make better decisions.

Hormone levels fluctuate like the tides, ebbing and flowing according to carefully orchestrated cycles. These hormones not only influence the body, but can cross into the brain and shape the behavior ...

As fast as artificial intelligence can process information with its ever-expanding network of digital neurons—every line of code, every algorithm—it has yet to think with the efficiency of the human ...

When we think about drinking enough water, most of us focus on physical health benefits glowing skin, proper digestion, healthy kidneys, or better exercise performance. But what many overlook is that ...

To navigate something as complex and dynamic as the brain, a map would help. Researchers have learned an enormous amount about how we think, what drives our behaviors, and why we feel the way we do ...