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Changes in the concentration of specific transfer RNAs, a major class of noncoding RNA, are associated with epilepsy. The findings suggest that tRNA fragments could serve as an early warning system for predicting seizure risk.

In the eternal search for understanding what makes us human, scientists found that our brains are more sensitive to pitch, the harmonic sounds we hear when listening to music, than our evolutionary relative the macaque monkey. The study is a joint project between the NIH and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts that aims to understand the role of music in health.

The mouse brain, liver, and pancreas contain populations of cells and proteins with extremely long life spans. This "age mosacism" suggests even greater cellular complexity than previously imagined and has intriguing implications for how we we think about the aging of organs.

Involuntary muscle activity of one limb during voluntary contraction of the other is called mirror activity. In other words, when a human clenches the right hand into a strong fist, the left hand's muscles react to this action with a minor involuntary activation. A team of researchers has investigated this phenomenon in depth.

People who appreciate the beauty of mathematics activate the same part of their brain when they look at aesthetically pleasing formula as others do when appreciating art or music, suggesting that there is a neurobiological basis to beauty.

The diagnosis of brain aneurysms by radiologists was improved when aided by an artificial intelligence algorithm, which was developed by medical experts and computer scientists.

A web-based caffeine optimization tool successfully designs effective strategies to maximize alertness while avoiding excessive caffeine consumption, according to preliminary results from a new study.

Researchers from the University of Southern California, University of Houston, and Uber Technologies, Inc. published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing, which finds that in order to create viral ads, brands should follow some key guidelines to best arouse strong emotion in viewers.

A simple tweak to the sleeping patterns of ‘night owls’ – people with extreme late sleeping and waking habits – could lead to significant improvements in sleep/wake timings, improved performance in the mornings, better eating habits and a decrease in depression and stress, suggests new research.

Researchers have discovered a new mechanism that brain cells use to protect themselves from protein aggregates.