Organoids have revolutionized science and medicine, providing platforms for disease modeling, drug testing, and understanding ...

By revealing for the first time what happens in the brain when an animal makes a mistake, JHU researchers shed light on the ...

By recording for the first time the brain activity of parakeets as they made sounds, a research team at NYU Grossman School of Medicine found that their brains generate patterns seen before only ...

Coral reefs are some of the world's most diverse ecosystems. Despite making up less than 1% of the world's oceans, one quarter of all marine species spend some portion of their life on a reef ...

Scientists at UBC have discovered a new type of brain cell, called ovoid cells, which play a key role in object recognition memory. This breakthrough could lead to new treatments for memory-related ...

During this display, cuttlefish adopt coralline patterns and raise their kinked arms, mimicking the appearance of staghorn coral—potentially giving them an advantage when stalking more ...

Tabulata and Rugosa are orders of extinct corals that have been taxonomically described for more than 170 years. They were among the main reef builders in the Palaeozoic era (which spanned 541 ...

Researchers identified a gene that seems to help slow brain aging in women, and studied links between hormone therapy, menopause and Alzheimer’s. By Gina Kolata Women’s brains are superior to ...

Whether mice persist with a task, explore new options or give up comes down to the activity of three types of neuron in the brain. In experiments, researchers at University College London (UCL ...

Mote Marine Laboratory’s International Coral Gene Bank (Gene Bank) has recently achieved significant milestones in coral restoration and marine conservation, paving the way for a more promising future ...

When an intense marine heat wave sent ocean temperatures soaring in 2023 and 2024, coral reefs around the world bleached. New research on the Great Barrier Reef’s One Tree Island shows that more ...