Scientists have discovered novel drug candidates which could ultimately lead to new effective treatments for conditions ...

Microscopic claw hairs help hermit crabs sense threats and make quick decisions, revealing a link between anatomy and ...

However, definitive proof of the neuron theory was obtained only after the introduction of the electron microscope, which allowed identification of synapses between neurons 21.

Nerve cells are not just nerve cells. Depending on how finely we distinguish, there are several hundred to several thousand ...

Nerves look blue in the reconstructed view of a genetically engineered mouse (left) whose neurons produce a fluorescent ...

An international research team led by Forschungszentrum Jülich has succeeded in visualizing magnetism inside solids with ...

Hemifusomes are fused vesicles, or sacs of fluid, that were previously unknown to exist inside cells. They were discovered ...

In the frozen reaches of the planet—glaciers, mountaintops, and icy groundwater—scientists have uncovered strange ...