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A combination of two microscope techniques enables researchers to record detailed 3-D videos of cells and their structures inside living animals.

A new method helps researchers map the patterns of chemical tags in large batches of cells.

Exposing fertilized chicken eggs to valproic acid, an epilepsy drug, yields chicks with apparent social deficits.

Four new imaging techniques published over the past few months enable researchers to easily visualize cells and other features in tissue slices and living brains.

A new map reveals the routes of individual neurons in visual regions of the mouse brain.

A new neuroimaging device that is worn like a helmet enables researchers to map the functional activity of a person’s brain as she moves her head.

Two new online resources help researchers predict how mutations alter protein structure.

A new analysis of the genomes of more than 11,000 people reveals regions that have few mutations, indicating they have important functions.

Modified versions of molecules found in fireflies make brain cells glow so brightly they are visible from outside the body.

Microscopic silicon wires could enable scientists to excite neurons with light without first inserting genes into them.