Alzheimer’s may destroy memory by flipping a single molecular switch that tells neurons to prune their own connections. Researchers found that both amyloid beta and inflammation converge on the same ...
Why some memories persist while others vanish has fascinated scientists for more than a century. Now, new research from the ...
A new brain imaging study reveals that remembering facts and recalling life events activate nearly identical brain networks.
A surprising new brain study suggests that remembering life events and recalling facts may rely on the same neural machinery.
Erasing a memory like throwing away an old receipt? Forgetting a difficult breakup like deleting an old voicemail? It's an idea that makes you dream, or even shudder. This "science fiction fantasy" is ...
Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-61649-6 Researchers at The University of Manchester's National Graphene Institute have developed a new class of programmable nanofluidic ...
A study in mice suggests infantile amnesia is not a failure of memory, but a developmentally useful process guided by brain immune cells.
Lab-grown “reductionist replicas” of the human brain are helping scientists understand fetal development and cognitive disorders, including autism. But ethical questions loom. Brain organoids, which ...
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