How does the brain see the "big picture"? A new study reveals that the primary visual cortex (V1) calculates statistical ...

Researchers have discovered that the immune system produces antibodies that fight triple-negative breast cancer but can also attack the brain. This "Brain on Fire" mechanism explains how successful ...

How do we feel cold? Nobel Prize-winning researchers have discovered the molecular mechanism of the TRPM8 "cold sensor" ...

Why do parasites cause loss of appetite? Scientists have identified a gut-to-brain signaling pathway involving tuft cells and ...

Researchers have defined a new genetic disease caused by a mutation in the IVNS1ABP gene. The condition marks a rare ...

By testing humans against a broad range of models (including Gemini, GPT, and Llama) on standard creativity tasks—such as finding alternative uses for common objects—the researchers found that AI ...

A study of 374,000 people finds that severe infections, such as UTIs and pneumonia, significantly increase dementia risk independently of other illnesses.

Neither radiologists nor multimodal large language models (LLMs) are able to easily distinguish artificial intelligence (AI)-generated “deepfake” X-ray images from authentic ones, according to a study ...

Can caffeine save your social life? New research shows how caffeine restores social memory impaired by sleep deprivation by targeting the hippocampal CA2 region. Learn about the molecular mechanisms ...

How did COVID-19 impact child brain development? A new study reveals a significant decline in executive function skills among children ages 3-11.

Is paternal postnatal depression delayed? New research finds a 30% increase in depression and stress diagnoses for fathers ...

Is nature the ultimate brain hack? New research reveals how real and virtual nature exposure improves emotional well-being.