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Using a technique that can precisely edit DNA bases, MIT researchers have created a way to store complex "memories" in the DNA of living cells, including human cells.

Research into the self-destruction of cells in humans and plants could lead to treatments for neurodegenerative brain diseases and the development of disease-resistant plants.

Switzerland's Blue Brain Project at EPFL shows that cortical neurons can work in a team to talk to each other amidst a sea of noise and chaos.

Researchers may have found a way to reverse falling crop yields caused by increasingly salty farmlands throughout the world.

For decades, neuroscientists have relied on a technique for reading out electrical "spikes" of brain activity in live, behaving subjects that tells them little about the types of cells they are monitoring. In a new study, researchers have demonstrated a way to increase their insight by distinguishing four distinct classes of cells from that spiking information.

Rice University scientists have used the light-emitting properties of particular molecules to create a fluorescent nano-thermometer.

Adults carrying a gene associated with a higher risk of Alzheimer's disease had a harder time accessing recently acquired knowledge, even though they didn't show any symptoms of memory problems, according to new study findings.

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati found that Charles Darwin's famous finches defy what has long been considered a key to evolutionary success: genetic diversity.

In what is likely the first study to look at how dietary preferences evolved across the animal kingdom, researchers looked at more than a million species, going back 800 million years. They report several unexpected discoveries, including that the first animal likely was a carnivore and that humans, along with other omnivores, belong to a rare breed.

Scientists have taken an important step towards the development of an agent against the metastasis of certain cancers.