New CapuchinAI system automates cognitive testing of wild primates
Scientists created an AI system that uses facial recognition and real-time, touchscreen testing to automate cognitive studies of…
A closer look at Parkinson’s brains finds tau where standard tests saw little
By examining six brain regions at single-molecule resolution, researchers identified a layer of tau pathology that conventional tissue…
Experimental therapy helps brain cells bypass genetic deletions
Scientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC have discovered how an experimental therapy can help brain…
All living things emit a faint glow. Could this light be useful?
In 2025, quantum physicist Daniel Oblak and his colleagues published images of mice that made headlines around the…
Three key brain regions interact during sleep to support memory formation
Researchers at Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins Medicine have discovered that memory consolidation during sleep depends on…
Scientists Reveal How Exercise May Protect the Aging Brain
Scientists are investigating whether regular movement helps the brain perform its nightly “clean-up” more effectively. Credit: Shutterstock A…
Neurodivergent kids face special mental health risks. New initiative seeks ways to protect them
Like many young people with a diagnosis of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, Jacob Schreiber was creative, empathetic and endlessly…
Two heart nerve cell types sustain cardiac stability in mice
A mouse study maps two specialized nerve cell populations within the heart, revealing how one supports everyday cardiac…
Did Early Snakes Burrow, Swim or Crawl? 80‑Million‑Year‑Old Fossil Suggests: All Three
Paleontologists have unearthed a remarkably preserved fossil snake in Brazil that is reshaping ideas about how the earliest…
New imaging platform tracks hundreds of neurons at unprecedented depths
The brain is a vast, densely interconnected network of neurons computing in parallel. Watching these computations unfold in…
Frequent TV watching links to higher white matter lesion volume
A 24-year ARIC analysis suggests that the setting in which people sit may matter for brain measures linked…
UVA researchers develop a new experimental approach to target glioblastoma
University of Virginia Comprehensive Cancer Center scientists have developed a promising new experimental approach to targeting glioblastoma, the most common…