That title alone should get this article on the front page of technology papers everywhere, but the comparisons are valid. Though people feel they have rich visual experiences, researchers have…

Scientists have made significant advances towards the development of a technique that could be used to confirm whether someone is infected with variant CJD. The technique, which has so far been used…

The disease that causes tremors, rigidity and slowed movements in a million Americans also targets another brain network that regulates cognitive thought and the ability to carry out everyday tasks…

A role for prion proteins, the much debated agents of mad cow disease and vCJD, has been identified. It appears that the normal prions produced by the body help to prevent the plaques that build up…

Anybody who’s tried to concentrate on work while suffering a headache knows that pain compellingly commands attention—which is how evolution helped ensure survival in a painful world. Now,…

Older adults who have difficulty identifying common odors may have a greater risk of developing problems with thinking, learning and memory, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of…

The adaptive significance of the unique ability in many primates to distinguish red hues from green ones (i.e., trichromatic color vision) has always enticed debate among evolutionary biologists.…

A unique study by researchers at the University of York and Hull York Medical School has confirmed a link between depression and low levels of folate, a vitamin which comes from vegetables. In…

Researchers at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT have, for the first time, reversed symptoms of mental retardation and autism in mice. The mice were genetically manipulated to…

CTS-21166, an experimental drug to treat Alzheimer's disease, began the first phase of human clinical trials this week. "Millions of people suffer from this devastating disease and treatment options…