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The brain: is the organ located in the head and serves as the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate. The brain is the most complex organ in a vertebrate's body and is close to the sensory organs for senses such as vision.
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NOV 13, 2016Videos
Skeptics tend to regard hypnosis as deceptive magic acts. At its worst, hypnosis may be entirely staged with apparent "v ...NOV 12, 2016Plants & Animals
Were dinosaurs smart? We may have the first chance to find out after having found what appears to be an old fossil of a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 11, 2016Microbiology
Everyone talks about gut bacteria and how great they are. But what about our skin bacteria? They’re great too! &nb ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 10, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Living organisms, from plants to fungi to animals, have a circadian rhythm – a 24 hour cycle of physiological even ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 10, 2016Neuroscience
JUPITER, FL – November 10, 2016 – While the romantic poets’ idea of memories being akin to spirits may ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)NOV 10, 2016Neuroscience
When a person has lost sensation in a part of the body, whether to an accident or disease, they don’t just lose mo ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 08, 2016Neuroscience
The research and science behind head injuries and professional football has been well known for years. Chronic Traumatic ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 07, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
The amount of poison ivy in our environment is on the rise, due in part to increased carbon dioxide levels. It is estima ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 07, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
New neurons in the brain of adult rodents are regulated by the blood vessels that are associated with them. Research tha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 07, 2016Videos
It's no secret that we quickly lose our cardiovascular endurance after an extended break from regular exercise. However, ...NOV 07, 2016Neuroscience
The brain is a marvelous organ that can do some pretty amazing things. Just running the body and processing all the inpu ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 04, 2016Microbiology
Electron microscopy is a powerful tool that produces images of things magnified up to ten million times, but the images ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 03, 2016Neuroscience
There have been numerous studies showing that exposure to violence, in movies or video games, desensitizes humans to vio ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 02, 2016Chemistry & Physics
Diagnosing Sepsis Earlier to Save Lives Using MicrofluidicsWritten By: Jennifer EllisNOV 02, 2016Microbiology
Chances are you’ve heard of Lyme disease, but do you really know what causes it? Lyme disease is caused by ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 02, 2016Neuroscience
While the technology of prosthetic limbs is advancing every day, there are still some things an artificial limb cannot d ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 01, 2016Videos
We've probably all experienced that inexplicable tingling sensation after hitting our elbow the wrong way. Wise folks wi ...NOV 01, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Cells are divided into organelles that help accomplish all of the various tasks of a cell. One organelle, the mitochondr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 01, 2016Neuroscience
While some might still consider it a deliberate choice or a character flaw, the best available scientific research says ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 31, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have described a new kind of probe that improves investigators’ abilities to monitor the interactions o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 31, 2016Neuroscience
While caffeine is a stimulant and alcohol is a CNS depressant, when the two substances are combined, they don’t ca ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 30, 2016Videos
Psychedelic drugs like LSD and magic mushrooms are often associated with recreational use or abuse. But recent studies s ...OCT 27, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Earlier in August, I reported on the fourth case of a brain-eating freshwater amoeba infection. Now, health officials ha ...OCT 27, 2016Health & Medicine
JUPITER, FL – October 26, 2016 – In a remarkable “two for one” discovery, scientists from the Fl ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
NOV 13, 2016
Videos
Skeptics tend to regard hypnosis as deceptive magic acts. At its worst, hypnosis may be entirely staged with apparent "v
...
NOV 12, 2016
Plants & Animals
Were dinosaurs smart? We may have the first chance to find out after having found what appears to be an old fossil of a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 11, 2016
Microbiology
Everyone talks about gut bacteria and how great they are. But what about our skin bacteria? They’re great too! &nb
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 10, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Living organisms, from plants to fungi to animals, have a circadian rhythm – a 24 hour cycle of physiological even
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 10, 2016
Neuroscience
JUPITER, FL – November 10, 2016 – While the romantic poets’ idea of memories being akin to spirits may
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
NOV 10, 2016
Neuroscience
When a person has lost sensation in a part of the body, whether to an accident or disease, they don’t just lose mo
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 08, 2016
Neuroscience
The research and science behind head injuries and professional football has been well known for years. Chronic Traumatic
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 07, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The amount of poison ivy in our environment is on the rise, due in part to increased carbon dioxide levels. It is estima
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 07, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
New neurons in the brain of adult rodents are regulated by the blood vessels that are associated with them. Research tha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 07, 2016
Videos
It's no secret that we quickly lose our cardiovascular endurance after an extended break from regular exercise. However,
...
NOV 07, 2016
Neuroscience
The brain is a marvelous organ that can do some pretty amazing things. Just running the body and processing all the inpu
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 04, 2016
Microbiology
Electron microscopy is a powerful tool that produces images of things magnified up to ten million times, but the images
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 03, 2016
Neuroscience
There have been numerous studies showing that exposure to violence, in movies or video games, desensitizes humans to vio
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 02, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Diagnosing Sepsis Earlier to Save Lives Using Microfluidics
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
NOV 02, 2016
Microbiology
Chances are you’ve heard of Lyme disease, but do you really know what causes it? Lyme disease is caused by
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 02, 2016
Neuroscience
While the technology of prosthetic limbs is advancing every day, there are still some things an artificial limb cannot d
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 01, 2016
Videos
We've probably all experienced that inexplicable tingling sensation after hitting our elbow the wrong way. Wise folks wi
...
NOV 01, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cells are divided into organelles that help accomplish all of the various tasks of a cell. One organelle, the mitochondr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 01, 2016
Neuroscience
While some might still consider it a deliberate choice or a character flaw, the best available scientific research says
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 31, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have described a new kind of probe that improves investigators’ abilities to monitor the interactions o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 31, 2016
Neuroscience
While caffeine is a stimulant and alcohol is a CNS depressant, when the two substances are combined, they don’t ca
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 30, 2016
Videos
Psychedelic drugs like LSD and magic mushrooms are often associated with recreational use or abuse. But recent studies s
...
OCT 27, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Earlier in August, I reported on the fourth case of a brain-eating freshwater amoeba infection. Now, health officials ha
...
OCT 27, 2016
Health & Medicine
JUPITER, FL – October 26, 2016 – In a remarkable “two for one” discovery, scientists from the Fl
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)