By harnessing electron-beam patterning to control the swelling and contraction of a soft polymer, researchers created a ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating neurodegenerative disease with no cure and limited treatment options. One of the earliest signs of ALS is overactive brain signals known as ...

Sleep is a universal biological state that allows all animals, from mammals to amphibians, fish and even insects, to restore ...

By Vijay Kumar Malesu New mouse data reveal that ageing neurons struggle to clear synaptic proteins, shifting the burden to ...

New director-general Mark Thomson discusses fundraising efforts and future priorities for Europe’s particle-physics ...

Researchers at Leipzig University and TU Dresden have succeeded in developing biological switches that can selectively turn ion channels on and off using light pulses. Initial applications show that ...