Neurons

For the first time, research has shown that impaired brain cells linked to body weight and hunger can be restored - opening up new treatments for obesity and type 2 diabetes

A new diamond voltage imaging microscope will give us more insight into the neural micro-circuitry that runs our brains

New research suggests our brains process different sensory inputs more like a symphony, combining and harmonising information rather than processing separately

A largely unknown region of the brain, the zona incerta, could hold the key to how we control our fears

A new study shows machine learning can be used to predict aspects of a person’s personality from their electrical brain rhythms

Plant biologists have described how a protein called CC1 helps plants to grow under salt stress and, intriguingly, it shares features with a protein linked to Alzheimer’s disease