E1s and E2s first work generically across the cell to activate and prepare ubiquitin for attachment. E3 ligases then ensure that the tag is added to the right protein; as such, hundreds of specific ...

The vagus nerve is so named because it “wanders” like a vagabond, sending out sensory fibers from your brainstem to your ...

How the brain feels about the world around it is the subject of a new paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy ...

A new artificial biohybrid hand uses "sushi-like" bundles of thin human skeletal muscle fibers to manipulate its soft robotic ...

The human sense of touch is a complex system that integrates diverse sensations such as pain, temperature, and pleasant ...

In “Cerebral Entanglements,” Allan J. Hamilton argues that new imaging technologies give us unprecedented access — with ...

Andrew Pines, MD, MA, a resident in the Department of Psychiatry at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and a researcher in the ...

A new study finds microplastics accumulate at higher levels in human brains than in the liver and kidneys. Microplastics, plastic particles fewer than 5 millimeters in size, have infiltrated the ...

The autonomic nervous system (ANS) has a significant influence on the structural integrity and electrical conductivity of the atria. Aberrant activation of the sympathetic nervous system can induce ...

Zhao, the founder and CEO, said that Athenic’s products are designed to be a central nervous ... it can, human data analysts can’t reach 100% accuracy either. “Even when the system is ...

Neurons are cells in the body that are responsible for transmitting electrical signals through the nervous system. Different types of neurons affect the ability to move, which begins as an impulse, or ...

Google Maps has caved to President Donald Trump's ... the U.S. once it is officially updated in the U.S. Geographic Names System, Google said in an X post on Monday. But the name will still ...