The vesicle cycle describes the steps through which neurotransmitters (chemical signals) are released at a synapse (a ...

There are few scientific methods more elegantly simple than "just sprinkle it on top." Researchers at Tohoku University and Nagoya University ...

A new silicon material switches from insulator to metal in picoseconds. This breakthrough could speed up future computers.

The brain creates the mind through flexible networks. While science maps this connection, significant questions remain, ...

New research shows a single neuron in fruit flies can trigger two distinct behaviors in response to the same smell.

Mild brain stimulation helped adults with weaker brain connections improve math speed by 6 percent. Memory tasks didn’t ...

"The primary goal is to help people without a chemical biology background ... a protein that spans the cell membrane and ...

A team of researchers has discovered that a protein called cypin plays a powerful role in helping brain cells connect and ...

There are few scientific methods more elegantly simple than "just sprinkle it on top." Researchers at Tohoku University and ...

While their functions are diverse, myosins are similar in structure. NMII is so much like cardiac myosin, which keeps the ...

Town hall attendees were told the excess sulfur dioxide will continue to be emitted from the refinery until repairs are finished.

Chemical biology is the study of the chemicals and chemical reactions involved in biological processes, incorporating the disciplines of bioorganic chemistry, biochemistry, cell biology and ...