The Body
Tats Off: Targeting the Immune System May Lead to Better Tattoo Removal
A discovery about the body's cellular waste system could help us erase unwanted ink
Stories by Mo Costandi
Neuroscience
"Movement Maps" Found Deep inside Brain
Watching neurons guide live mouse activities may help understand diseases like Parkinson’s
Neuroscience
Drug-Carrying “Nanoswimmers” Could Slither Past the Brain’s Cellular Defenses
A transport vehicle the size of a virus may ferry chemotherapies and other molecular cargo through the imposing blood–brain barrier
Neurological Health
Striking Evidence Linking Football to Brain Disease Sparks Calls for More Research
The biggest study of its kind offers the best evidence to date linking the sport to mood and cognitive impairments
Neuroscience
Can Hearing Be Restored by Making the Brain More Childlike?
In mouse experiments, scientists bring back the “critical period” of early in life, in which the ability to process sounds emerges
Neuroscience
The Brain Has Its Own “Autofill” Function for Speech
The neural version of a texting app anticipates what comes next when we hear speech
Neuroscience
The Brain Boasts Its Own Social Network
Widely interconnected regions detect the status of friends and acquaintances
Cognition
The Brain Takes a Guided Tour of London
Two distinct brain regions cooperate to simulate possible routes and plan a path through them
Neurological Health
Simple Blood Tests for Rapid Concussion Diagnosis
Physicians need more than the question: “How many fingers am I holding up?”
Neuroscience
Online Gamers Help Crack Mystery of How Eyes Sense Motion
Citizen-science volunteers helped to trace a map of the neural connections involved in detecting the direction of moving objects
Mind
Proteins Behind Mad-Cow Disease Also Help Brain Develop
When not misfolded, prions lend a hand in formation neuronal connections
Mind
Humans Can Feel Terror Even If They Lack Brain's "Fear Center"
A growing body of work shows that the brain has different systems and mechanisms to respond to certain kinds of threats and physiological changes in the body
Mind
Why Poor Sleep and Forgetfulness Plague the Aging Brain
A shrinking cortex region is linked to sleep disturbances and memory impairment
Health
Mechanism of General Anesthesia Involves Disrupting Brain Communication
A rapid onset of slow-oscillation brain waves has now been linked to anesthesia's comalike state
Mind
Scientists Read Dreams
Brain scans during sleep were successfully used to decode some of the visual content of subjects' dreams
Health
Disrupted Sleep Might Signal Early Stages of Alzheimer's
People who report sleeping restlessly, feeling tired during the day and taking sleep medication were more likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's within the next two years, a study finds...
Mind
Brain Connectivity Predicts Reading Skills
Children could benefit from personalized lessons based on brain scans
Mind
How the Brain Views Race
Research on the link between implicit race preference and brain activity could be used to prevent unintended consequences of race bias
