Biologists have discovered a unique nerve structure in the mouth and tongue of rorqual whales that can double in length and then recoil like a bungee cord. The stretchy nerves explain how the massive ...

Scientists have determined the structure of a third subtype of botulinum neurotoxin -- a deadly toxin that causes the disease botulism, and is also used in cosmetic and therapeutic applications. The ...

In an important step toward visual prostheses, biocompatible electrodes can convert infrared light into nerve impulses, as ...

In a study funded by the US Army Research Office, a team of “brain hackers” created a simulated synapse, the name for a junction between two neurons (nerve cells). Synapses are structures that ...

Learn how coiled optic nerves, unlike any seen in other reptiles, give chameleons their extraordinary field of view.

VANCOUVER – University of British Columbia (UBC) researchers have discovered what they are calling a “unique nerve structure” in the mouth and tongue of rorqual whales – the largest of the baleen ...

Discover how Chengjiangocaris kunmingensis sheds light on central nervous system evolution in ancient arthropods from the Cambrian period. Usually, all we know about extinct animals is their bone ...

Art and science. They may seem like distant fields, but there was a scientist who achieved brilliant research by leveraging his artistic talent. He was the Spanish biologist Santiago Ramón y Cajal, ...

We will trace the history of ideas about optic nerve anatomy and function in the Western world from the ancient Greeks to the early 20th century and show how these influenced causal theories of optic ...