A multi-institutional team of researchers led by Virginia Tech's Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC has for the first time identified specific patterns of brain chemical activity that predict ...

Rice University scientists have developed the first complete, label-free molecular atlas of the Alzheimer's brain in an animal model. The findings help advance understanding of Alzheimer's onset and ...

Explore an interactive avian tree of life that reveals how 11,000 bird species are connected through millions of years of ...

The Island has recently published various articles on AI, and they are thought-provoking. This article is based on a paper I ...

Research opportunities at Youngstown State University allow students to move beyond the classroom and engage in hands-on ...

In the future, psychedelics may be used to treat addictions because they can shake up the brain. Along with therapy, ...

Praedial larceny refers to the theft of agricultural produce or livestock at any point between cultivation and sale. While traditionally associated with crops such as yams, bananas, and sugar cane, as ...

Blood vessels twist, branch, narrow, and balloon in ways that dramatically affect how blood flows — but most lab models have long treated them like straight pipes. Researchers at Texas A&M have now ...

Recent experimental findings suggest that the hippocampus, the brain region primarily associated with memory and navigation, actively reorganizes its neural patterns to anticipate future events.

Fossils are sometimes treated as mere curiosities or decorative items rather than as critical evidence for understanding Earth’s history. When this happens, valuable records can be permanently lost, ...

A team of biologists captured footage of a mother-pup pair as they ventured on an eight-hour foraging trip.

In A Nutshell 71% of 651 baby foods from major US retailers qualify as ultra-processed, containing additives primarily used ...