For the first time ever, stem cells from umbilical cords have been converted into other types of cells, which may...
Cognitive function may be a better indicator of the impact of aging on an economy than age-distribution, with chronological age...
Given that chimpanzees are so closely related to humans and share similar behavioral traits, the National Institutes of Health should...
Rats free trapped companions, even when given choice of chocolate instead The first evidence of empathy-driven helping behavior in rodents...
Researchers discover that changes in bioelectric signals cause tadpoles to grow eyes in back, tail For the first time, scientists...
A leading University of Chicago researcher on empathy is launching a project to understand psychopathy by studying criminals in prisons....
The findings suggest that therapeutics targeting the path between two critical brain regions, the amygdala and the nucleus accumbens, represent...
Brain research predicts premeditated actions Bringing the real world into the brain scanner, researchers at The University of Western Ontario...
Researchers have used cutting-edge stem cell technology to correct a genetic defect present in a rare blinding disorder, another step...
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have adapted brain-computer interfaces to listen to regions of the brain that control speech.
Researchers believe they have found a link between the volume of one's cerebellum and general intelligence.
Human embryonic stem cell therapy is being tried on a human for the first time in a new clinical trial....