The ever-increasing need for nursing care due to the aging population necessitates the need for safe and efficient elder-assistant robots that can reduce the care burden on the societies. However, ...

Glial cells support neurological structures, function, cognition, behaviours, physical skills, and motor coordination.

Putting your weight into opening a door (say, with your shoulder) is easier than using your hands. Sliding heavy cardboard ...

Nerves look blue in the reconstructed view of a genetically engineered mouse (left) whose neurons produce a fluorescent ...

Unlike the brain and spinal cord, peripheral nerve cells, whose long extensions reach the skin and internal organs, are capable of regenerating after injury. This is why injuries to the central ...

This article uses a stochastic geometry model-based approach to analyze the downlink performance of an indoor visible light communication (VLC) system with human blockages. The system performance is ...

The human brain is comprised of two main types of cells, known as neurons and glia. The first are responsible for ...

Hit play on the player below to hear the podcast and follow along with the transcript beneath it. This transcript was ...

Fred Hutch researchers have created a gene-expression map of glial cells of the tiny worm, C. elegans, adding the missing ...

Medical diagram of spinal cord. Anatomical infographic with different part of spine, nervous system and vertebrae. Cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral and coccyx spine. Cartoon flat vector illustration ...

Intriguing and incredibly unique, Octopuses are cephalopods with three hearts that pump blue blood throughout their eight arms. These intelligent sea creatures have multiple brains. Nine, to be exact.

Exposure to wildfire smoke can affect the human immune system, according to a new study that adds to mounting evidence of the potential health risks posed by increasingly larger and prolonged blazes.