As the brain ages, cells in the central nervous system experience metabolic dysfunction and increased oxidative damage. These cellular issues impair the ability to maintain the myelin sheath (the ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - While most schools celebrate one or two semifinalists, Caddo Magnet just set the bar statewide -- with 13 high-achieving seniors now in the running for millions in scholarships, the ...

Scientists are learning how the brain knows what’s happening throughout the body, and how that process might go awry in some psychiatric disorders. By Carl Zimmer Last year, Ardem Patapoutian got a ...

Nov 18 (Reuters) - Vulcan Elements, a North Carolina-based rare earth magnet producer, said on Tuesday it will build a $1 billion manufacturing facility in its home state to supply U.S. electronics ...

If the idea of strength training once conjured young men thrusting a barbell or popping out pullups, the tides have since turned: Lifting, even lifting heavy, has finally gained cultural cachet among ...

SEATTLE — Gun manufacturer Sig Sauer is confronting a new legal challenge in Washington state, where a federal lawsuit seeks class action status on behalf of residents who purchased the company's P320 ...

Neurotechnology company Paradromics will test its device in a trial aimed at safely restoring speech for people with severe motor impairments. Paradromics, a neurotechnology developer, announced today ...

The human brain experiences five distinct eras as we age, and each is defined by changes in our neural architecture that influence how we process information, new research shows. The brain changes ...

Researchers in China recently made an astonishing announcement: They’d created a supercomputer modeled on a monkey’s brain. Researchers at the National Key Laboratory of Brain-Computer Intelligence at ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Comments from a top U.S. Federal Reserve official on Friday that interest rates can fall "in the near term" boosted the likelihood of a rate cut at the Fed's December ...