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Environmental cues, not oncogene-induced senescence, may stop melanocytes with an activating mutation in the BRAF gene from turning into melanoma.

Harnessing single-molecule FRET illuminates the structural changes necessary for a protein to fine-tune the influx of calcium when reserves inside a cell run low.

The visual maps measured non-invasively in the brain of human and non-human primates reliably reflect the underlying neuronal responses recorded with invasive electrodes.

The immune mechanisms underlying hypersensitivity to pain after nerve injury are different in male and female mice.

Being active during the day requires a slow-closing ion channel that dampens the activity of neurons in a specific area of the brain.

Concealing the identity of the principal investigator only partially closes the success gap between white and African American or Black researchers in NIH grant applications.

Two neural circuits control the release of vasopressin in response to eating and drinking before there are any detectable changes in blood water levels.

Pollution from landscape fires, which are increasing with climate change, leads to babies being born with lower birthweights in low- and middle-income countries.

How fast the brain and muscles can respond to information about prey location constrains visual and echolocating predators in similar ways.

A survey reveals that many researchers do not use appropriate statistical analyses to evaluate sex differences in biomedical research.