Robots now see the world with an ease that once belonged only to science fiction. They can recognise objects, navigate ...

A new study challenges what's long been assumed about genetic variants thought to always cause inherited blindness.

When we watch someone move, get injured, or express emotion, our brain doesn’t just see it—it partially feels it. Researchers ...

In a landmark effort to understand how the physical structure of our DNA influences human biology, Northwestern investigators and the 4D Nucleome Project have unveiled the most detailed maps to date ...

New 3D genome maps reveal how DNA folding controls gene activity, offering fresh clues into disease and cell function.

Study finds ultrathin tubes connecting brain cells that transport Alzheimer's proteins. The network changes months before ...

Learn more about eLife assessments Blood flow to the brain is a sensitive marker of neuronal activity as well as of a number of diseases, including stroke, tumours and neurodegenerative conditions.

The intricate bidirectional communication between the gut and the brain, known as the Gut-Brain Axis (GBA), is fundamental to human physiology and ...

A team of researchers from the University of Aberdeen has uncovered, for the first time, how genes linked to autism and ...

Researchers have developed a method for mapping the orientation and organization of tissue fibers, furthering our ...

Microscopic fibers secretly shape how every organ in the body works, yet they’ve been notoriously hard to study—until now. A new imaging technique called ComSLI reveals hidden fiber orientations in ...