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Labs that can’t afford expensive super-resolution microscopes could use a new expansion technique to image nanoscale structures inside cells.

The devices could be a useful tool for biomedical research, and possible clinical use in the future.

A new study adds evidence that consciousness requires communication between sensory and cognitive regions of the brain’s cortex.

The Kuggie Vallee Distinguished Lectures and Workshops presented inspiring examples of success, even as the event evoked frank discussions of the barriers that still hinder many women in science.

New dataset of “illusory” faces reveals differences between human and algorithmic face detection, links to animal face recognition, and a formula predicting where people most often perceive faces.

Elemind, founded by researchers from MIT, has developed a headband that uses acoustic stimulation to move people into a sleep state.

New statistical models based on physiological data from more than 100 surgeries provide objective, accurate measures of the body’s subconscious perception of pain.

New research suggests neurons protect and preserve certain information through a dedicated zone of stable synapses.

MIT researchers investigate the neural circuits that underlie placebos’ ability to relieve chronic and acute pain.

In animal models, even low stimulation currents can sometimes still cause electrographic seizures, researchers found.