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For decades, scientists studying the visual system thought that individual brain cells, called neurons, operate as filters. Some neurons would prefer coarse details of the visual scene and ignore fine details, while others would do the opposite. Every neuron was thought to do its own filtering. A new study challenges this view.

Results of a new study by neuroscientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst suggest that a new treatment approach is needed – and how this may be possible – to address adverse effects of aromatase inhibitors.

Helping the immune system clear away old cells in aging mice helped restore youthful characteristics.

A nanomesh device which reads the field potential of cardiomyocytes could aid the study of other cells, organs and medicines, and also paves the way for future embedded medical devices.

Two Veterans Affairs researchers have explored how memory is tied to the hippocampus, with findings that will expand scientists' understanding of how memory works.

The DNA markers from the blood of healthy centenarians are more similar to those of people in their 20s than people in their 70s.

A process has been developed to chemically attach nanoparticles of anti-cancer drugs onto attenuated bacteria cells, which have been shown to be more effective than the passive delivery of injections at reaching cancer sites.

Researchers discover copper has potential as a catalyst for turning carbon dioxide into sustainable chemicals and fuels without any wasteful byproducts, creating a green alternative to present-day chemical manufacturing.

A team has found a molecular cause of a group of rare autoimmune disorders in which the immune system attacks the body’s own healthy cells.

A vaccine has been developed that would defend against Zika virus without producing antibodies.