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A mathematical framework provides new insights into how information is processed in the brain when consciousness is lost due to anaesthesia or brain injury.

A new technique for specifically labelling a rare type of interneuron sheds light on their distribution and connectivity in the brain.

The brain’s visual areas independently process rich levels of information from a scene to help identify objects while retaining other details.

A heat-sensitive ion channel known as TRPV4 helps regulate sweating in mice, a finding that offers insights into human sweat disorders.

Pavlovian fear conditioning triggers active fear responses as well as freezing.

A protein known as CYRI-B is required for cancer cells to spread in a mouse model of pancreatic cancer.

New research reveals how genetic variability helps shape the biophysical properties of a key SARS-CoV-2 protein.

Measuring the levels of proteins related to antimicrobial immune responses in the vaginal fluids of pregnant individuals helps predict those at higher risk of giving birth early.