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Age, scientists have found, may be more than just a number. Instead, it is at least nine different numbers. Scientists have identified that different organs or body systems age at different rates according to unique biological “clocks”.

By employing artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics to formulate therapeutic proteins, a team led by Rutgers researchers has successfully stabilized an enzyme able to degrade scar tissue resulting from spinal cord injuries and promote tissue regeneration.

Researchers have shown what happens in the human brain when we try to influence other people or when we ourselves are influenced by others.

We can now decode pigs’ emotions. Using thousands of acoustic recordings gathered throughout the lives of pigs, from their births to deaths, an international team of researchers is the first in the world to translate pig grunts into actual emotions across an extended number of conditions and life stages.

During hibernation, yellow-bellied marmots undergo metabolic suppression, which allows them to save energy. At the same time, epigenetic aging stops.

Researchers from the Human Physiology and Sports Physiotherapy research group at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel have shown that physical fatigue affects an athlete’s brain when performing a functional balance test.

The science on heavy drinking and the brain is clear: The two don’t have a healthy relationship. But according to a new study, alcohol consumption even at levels most would consider modest—a few beers or glasses of wine a week—may also carry risks to the brain

Researchers have discovered a strategy that results in prolonged life expectancy and counteracts memory loss during the aging process.

An international group of neuroscientists who revealed the nervous system’s inner workings by mapping the neuronal cell types and circuits in the brain and spinal cord that control movement have been awarded the 2022 Brain Prize.

By combining CRISPR technology with a protein designed with artificial intelligence, it is possible to awaken individual dormant genes by disabling the chemical “off switches” that silence them. Researchers from the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle describe this finding in the journal Cell Reports.