Neuroscience For Kids

neuroscience in the news

What's going on in the world of neuroscience? What's new? What's happening? With fascinating stories that focus on brain research, this page will keep you informed about the breaking discoveries and events in neuroscience.

Researchers identify safer pathway for pain relief, University of Florida, ScienceDaily, April 8, 2025.
Beyond jet lag: New study unveils extent of travel-related sleep disruption from 1.5 million nights of data, National University of Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, ScienceDaily, April 9, 2025.
Scientists complete largest wiring diagram and functional map of the brain to date, Allen Institute, ScienceDaily, April 9, 2025.
Brain areas necessary for reasoning identified, University College London, ScienceDaily, April 15, 2025.
Is my green your green?, University of Tokyo, ScienceDaily, April 16, 2025.
Viewing art can boost wellbeing by giving meaning to life, Trinity College Dublin, ScienceDaily, April 16, 2025.
Finding friendship at first whiff: Scent plays role in platonic potential, Cornell University, ScienceDaily, April 17, 2025.
Cognitively impaired older drivers are less likely to cause a crash when accompanied by a passenger, University of Tsukuba, ScienceDaily, April 18, 2025.
How thoughts influence what the eyes see, Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science, ScienceDaily, April 18, 2025.
Building "cellular bridges" for spinal cord repair after injury, Ohio State University, ScienceDaily, April 21, 2025.
In kids, EEG monitoring of consciousness safely reduces anesthetic use, Picower Institute at MIT, ScienceDaily, April 21, 2025.
Exercise boosts brain health -- even when energy is low, University of Missouri-Columbia, ScienceDaily, April 24, 2025.
Even light exercise could help slow cognitive decline in people at risk of Alzheimer's, University of California - San Diego, ScienceDaily, April 24, 2025.
New body-fluid biomarker for Parkinson's disease discovered, Ruhr-University Bochum, ScienceDaily, April 25, 2025.
Noninvasive brain-spine interface may help restore movement after injury, Neuroscience News, April 28, 2025.
From electronic bugs to real ones, methods for listening provide insights into communication and hearing, NSF News, May 2, 2025.
Brain scans reveal what happens in the mind when insight strikes, Duke University, ScienceDaily, May 14, 2025.
Study reveals a deep brain region that links the senses, Yale University, ScienceDaily, May 15, 2025.
Wild orangutans show communication complexity thought to be uniquely human, University of Warwick, ScienceDaily, May 16, 2025.
Clinical trial shows improvements for spinal cord injuries, University of Texas at Dallas, ScienceDaily, May 21, 2025.
Are groovy brains more efficient?, University of California - Berkeley, ScienceDaily, May 21, 2025.