On October 5, 2026, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was announced. The award went to "optogenetics," a technique ...

Controlling neurons with lightThis discovery is unraveling the workings of the brain and leading to treatments aimed at ...

Manchester (The Conversation) Scientists who worked out how to control brain cells with light have won this year’s Nobel prize in physiology or medicine. Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg ...

Scientists discover that a single-celled organism with no nervous system can form memories using the same chemistry as human ...

Microalgae (microscopic organisms that use light and carbon dioxide to grow) can be used to make ingredients and food for ...

Scientists have known for years that squid have cells with bundles of tiny, hairlike protrusions on their heads and arms, ...

Scientists are using cell-free transcription and translation systems to synthesize proteins, design biology-based sensors and ...

Learn how violet-blue light killed at least 99% of food-poisoning bacteria in lab tests and could help reduce chicken ...

Sleep drive neurons in mice may help the brain track wakefulness and trigger deeper recovery sleep after long hours awake.

A long-standing researchers’ dream of using a switch to control nerve cells and understand how the brain forms memories, ...

When salamanders need to regenerate their limbs or zebrafish their fins, injury cues preexisting cells to return to a more ...

Animals experience the world in surprising ways humans cannot, a difference at the heart of this year’s World Animal Day theme.