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Across the world, several million people every year suffer from spinal cord injury. Now, researchers have used a new technique to create 3D scaffolds that can guide regenerating neurons in the right direction.

Researchers have recorded and modeled the electrical activity of circadian clock neurons in a day-active animal for the first time.

In the first study of its kind to explore caffeine’s effects on dynamic visual skills, researchers concluded that caffeine increases alertness and detection accuracy for moving targets. Caffeine also improved participants’ reaction times.

According to a study, male animals are subject to stronger selection pressures than females, which may allow populations to adapt to environmental change more efficiently.

A new study reveals why coaches believe ‘game intelligence’, work ethic and competitiveness – traits that Jordan possesses in spades – are far more important than physical fitness in determining success on the basketball court.

A new study has confirmed a link between altered DNA repair and increased DNA damage associated with spinocerebellar ataxia type 7, a debilitating and sometimes deadly neurodegenerative condition causing movement disorders.

New research gives a bird’s-eye view of the scale of plastic creation globally, tracing where it’s produced, where it ends up, and its environmental impact.

Cancer biologist Yibin Kang has been investigating the gene MTDH, which enables cancer in two ways. He has found a way to disable the gene in both mice and in human tissue, with a targeted experimental therapy.

Combining knowledge of chemistry, physics, biology, and engineering, scientists from McGill University develop a biomaterial tough enough to repair the heart, muscles and vocal cords, representing a major advance in regenerative medicine.

Researchers have discovered that the protein α-endosulfine (ENSA) is involved in the development of Alzheimer’s disease, and that eliminating ENSA entirely or using drugs to block its function reduced physical changes in the brain associated with the disease and improved memory.