We have only just started to understand how our brains clean themselves, but columnist Helen Thomson finds promising evidence ...

Researchers have shown that glioblastoma can take over the skull marrow to dissolve bone and feed its own growth, suggesting ...

What these minor habits have in common is simple: build them into your regular daily routines and they could each chip away at your risk of developing the nation's biggest killer ...

Objectives To date, consistent evidence for consequences of heading in football (soccer) on the structure and function of the ...

At almost 90 – he was born in 1937 - Luc Tissot is a young man with no shortage of enthusiasm, energy, curiosity or ideas. He ...

Background Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a leading cause of cancer mortality with limited therapeutic options. Despite ...

A new study suggests that dementia may be driven in part by faulty blood flow in the brain. Researchers found that losing a ...

Excitons are pairs of bound negatively charged electrons and positively charged holes that form in semiconductors, enabling ...

California Resources plans to merge with Berry Corporation. This all-stock transaction maintains CRC's low leverage. The BRY merger offers CRC a new growth platform beyond its mature California assets ...

Learn more about eLife assessments Blood flow to the brain is a sensitive marker of neuronal activity as well as of a number of diseases, including stroke, tumours and neurodegenerative conditions.