Damage to the mitochondria, the 'power plants' of the cells, contributes to many diseases. Researchers now describe how cells with defective mitochondria activate a special recycling system to ...

In a study published in Science today, Mingsha Zhang, a neuroscientist at Beijing Normal University, focused on the thalamus.

In a breakthrough finding, researchers have discovered that immune cells near the spinal cord are triggered by estrogen and ...

Although the brain represents only 2% of body weight, it consumes 20% of our energy. A recent study sheds light on the ...