Study reveals how environment and state are integrated to control behavior
A simple animal model shows how stimuli and states such as smells, stressors, and satiety converge in an olfactory neuron to guide food-seeking behavior.
A simple animal model shows how stimuli and states such as smells, stressors, and satiety converge in an olfactory neuron to guide food-seeking behavior.
In a long-studied population of wandering albatrosses, females are less likely to stick with a shy mate.
Labby has developed an optical milk scanner based on materials-sensing technology that dairy farmers can use to measure the health of their cows.
The findings could inform the design of new materials such as iridescent windows or waterproof textiles.
Human neurons have fewer ion channels, which might have allowed the human brain to divert energy to other neural processes.
Fossils indicate a communal nesting ground and adults who foraged and took care of the young as a herd, scientists say.
After nearly a decade, an interdisciplinary collaboration to model a 3D spider web leads to many surprising results.
Roundworms change the flow of material in and out of their mouths in response to bright light, revealing a new way for neurons to control muscle cells.
Merging species conservation and architectural design, graduate student James Brice is studying the sustainable development of public spaces.
MIT composer hopes his newest work builds connections — between music and his Choctaw heritage, between classical and traditional music, and between generations in the Choctaw Nation.
C. elegans compares the ratio of wavelengths in its environment to avoid dangerous bacteria that secrete colorful toxins.
The specialist in platelet immunology and veterinary medicine will succeed James Fox, who is retiring after 45 years of service.
Peter Reddien's lab at the Whitehead Institute takes a step forward in understanding how neural circuits could be regenerated in adults.