The physiological power and biological value of brain-derived neurotrophic factor is so significant that it is often referred ...

In my Feb 9 issue of Science, I read where our next big computer will work at the exaflop level (picture a switch being ...

Cut off any part of this worm's body and it will regrow. This is the spectacular yet mysterious regenerative ability of ...

One major category of the next generation of energy-efficient microelectronic devices and information processing technologies ...

With the strong associations established in epidemiologic studies and a dearth of evidence on the actual mechanisms by which ...

When Nicholas Sserunjogi was gearing up for S1, he did not think about the more than 10 subjects awaiting him in secondary school. Since he has older siblings, he had an idea of what lay ahead for him ...

By reexamining 3D images used to map the connections between brain cells, researchers are uncovering new information about a small, elusive, and often overlooked cellular appendage.

The model calculations in the present study show that proteins are therefore preferably synthesized in the branched, tapering ...

"Our nerve cells are facing a similar dilemma: They have to supply their synapses, i.e. their contact points with other neurons, but also organize their protein synthesis in such a way that they ...

Enter SynPull, a new synaptosome imaging method developed by David Klenerman, John Danial, and colleagues at the University of Cambridge, England. SynPull combines single-molecule pull-down of ...