A group of specialized cells play a crucial part in clearing toxic proteins from inside the brain 1. But in people with Alzheimer’s disease, these cells malfunction, leading to the build up of tau ...

Growing neurons rely on chemical cues to find their targets, but new research shows that the brain’s physical properties help shape those signals. Scientists discovered that tissue stiffness can ...

Ginty shares the 2026 Brain Prize for research that has revealed the cellular machinery and neural signals underlying our ...

A pair of new studies have provided fresh evidence in the long-running scientific debate—and the result could be ...

How does a single cell reliably build one of the most complex structures known in nature? New research suggests the answer ...