Biobots, whose growing line of variants started with xenobots, are fascinating tiny self-powered living robots built ...

Researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute and Tufts University have engineered frog-cell constructs that autonomously assemble ...

A new class of living robots integrates neurons that self-organize and alter shape, gene expression, and behavior. The ...

This press release is available in German. On average, a single square centimeter of human skin contains over 300 receptors that register pain, pressure, heat or cold. Twenty-four hours a day, these ...

New 3D reconstructions of a key sensory organ in ctenophores reveal an unexpected structural and functional complexity. The ...

Octopuses are not much like humans — they are invertebrates with eight arms, and more closely related to clams and snails. Still, they have evolved complex nervous systems and are capable of a wide ...

The immune system may play a fundamental role along with the central nervous system in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as 'Lou Gehrig's disease,' researchers report. The immune system ...

Nervous system regulation has become one of the wellness world’s favorite phrases. It shows up in morning routines, aesthetic ...

Until I saw pieces of giant squid in a fish market in Chile, I somehow hadn't appreciated that giant squids were really giant. Ralph Greenspan's An Introduction to Nervous Systems will similarly ...

Study explores functions of fruit fly's nervous system in food seeking / results valuable for the development and control of artificial intelligence. Zoologists at the University of Cologne studied ...

The room went quiet in that unfamiliar way guest rooms sometimes do. We had stayed up too late talking, drifting through childhood memories and old relationships until the conversation finally ran out ...