Neural tissue normally dies quickly without oxygen. Yet bird retinas—among the most energy-demanding tissues in the animal ...

The discovery fundamentally changes the understanding of a structure in the avian eye that has been misinterpreted for centuries.

Picture a mammal that can deliberately shut down most of its brain functions for most of the year, then wake up in the spring with its memories and in.

This unexpected ability opens the door for scientists to stimulate cellular mitosis and improve heart function after an ...

Biologists have finally solved a centuries-old mystery regarding how birds maintain sharp eyesight despite ...

A new study into how different parts of memory work in the brain has shown that the same brain areas are involved in ...

A newly developed imaging method blends ultrasound and photoacoustics to capture both tissue structure and blood-vessel function in 3D.

René Descartes, the French philosopher (all French men are philosophers, if they are not romantics or snobbish chefs) had ...

A surprising new brain study suggests that remembering life events and recalling facts may rely on the same neural machinery.

Bird retinas survive without oxygen by burning sugar scientists solve 300 year mystery that could help treat human strokes.

New evidence reveals adult human hearts can regrow muscle cells after myocardial infarction, opening new possibilities for ...