Rushika M. Perera, the Deborah Cowan Professor and vice chair of the Department of Anatomy, and chief scientific officer of ...

Neural tube defects, such as Spina bifida, are one of the leading congenital disorders (affecting about one in 1,000 live ...

At first glance, the electric eel’s abilities feel implausible. But upon a closer inspection, we find a precise, evolved ...

Cancer always seems to break the rules - defying normal biology and finding new ways to survive, grow, and spread.That ...

A headset recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration uses a weak electric current to shock the brain. Some ...

Individuals who carry common genetic variants associated with autism tend to have lower density in the brain’s microscopic ...

Discover 25 facts too weird to be in a textbook! From glass brains to skinless sharks, these bizarre scientific and ...

AI-guided redesign of protein alphabet in bacteria could unlock new ways to build synthetic organisms.

Human cells adjust to ever-changing conditions while preserving internal states necessary for survival, but exactly how they ...

This important cross-species study tests whether the corpus callosum contains parallel, segregated pathways for ipsilateral and contralateral visual-field information, rather than mixed inputs from ...

All living things are made of cells, and the molecular machinery within them is imperative to survival. Different ...

Nerve fibers within melanomas can slow the growth of these tumors, according to a study led by Weill Cornell Medicine ...