When a molecule of tryptophan absorbs ultraviolet light, it glows faintly as it lets off lower-frequency energy. This soft ...

According to Dr. Karolina Armonaitė, a neuroscientist from Kaunas University of Technology in Lithuania, a more precise ...

The majority of neurons in the shell express rhytmically regulated neuropeptides, such as vasopressin (AVP) and prokineticin 2 (PK2), which appear to act as principal transmitters of circadian ...

The FDA approved a natural blue food dye amid a push to phase out synthetic additives. Here's what to know about gardenia (genipin) blue.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Monday it has approved its fourth naturally derived color ingredient in the past two months. The latest color is gardenia blue, or genipin, ...

A groundbreaking study from Sweden's Karolinska Institutet reveals that the human brain continues to grow new neurons even after the age of 60. This discovery challenges old beliefs and opens ...

Neurons that die early in Alzheimer’s help drive brain waste removal. Treating this process sooner could change outcomes.

Scientists discovered that the brain keeps making new neurons even in adulthood, offering hope for brain health treatments.

Officials are now enforcing a state law passed last year to protect the blue crab population. But some local fishermen think the rules won’t achieve what officials say they’re designed to do.