Researchers say taking a peek inside a person's brain is as difficult as understanding ... what I'm looking at in my lab, in ...

In a history-making exercise, the Fudan University in Shanghai (China) not only broke a previously held record but managed to ...

New research reveals that cells outside the brain can store and process memories, challenging the view that memory is limited ...

A recent study conducted in mice suggests that specific beneficial bacteria in a pregnant mother’s gut could support healthy ...

My daughter's diagnosis of a rare and aggressive brain tumor at 3 years old made me strongly consider whether or not to have her treated with radiation.

Can your kidneys remember something as well as your brain can? A new study finds the surprising ability of the cells outside ...

If you ever tried cramming all your learning in one night before the exam, you know it doesn't usually work. Surprisingly, ...

The Hamilton scientists were able to map a CWD prion, the misfolded protein that causes the deadly brain disease, to the near-atomic level.

Scientists discovered that memory formation isn’t limited to the brain. Non-brain cells can activate memory genes, responding ...

It's common knowledge that our brains—and, specifically, our brain cells—store memories. But a team of scientists has ...

where brain cells communicate and store information, play a critical role in learning and memory. By understanding how synapses strengthen and weaken, the scientists precisely quantified the ...

It's common knowledge that our brains -- and, specifically, our brain cells -- store memories. But a team of scientists has discovered that cells from other parts of the body also perform a memory ...