Researchers have identified a genetic circuit that helps worms decide whether to dine or dash. For worms, choosing when to search for a new dinner spot depends on many factors, both internal and ...

In her bid to gain insight into the complex relationship between learning and behaviour, Cornelia Bargmann opted to keep things simple: she studied the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans (see page ...

UCSF scientists have identified for the first time a molecule that directs neurons to form connections with each other during an animal's early development – creating synapses essential to all ...

If you don't understand a problem, chances are you won't be able to solve it. That's a major stumbling block for scientists attempting to develop treatments for brain disorders such as autism, ...

With the help of a tiny worm, Cornelia Bargmann is unpicking the neural circuits that drive eating, socializing and sex. Male sexual dysfunction is never pretty, even in nematodes. In normal roundworm ...

For life on our planet, the rule is simple: if you don't get the right amount of oxygen, you die. For humans, living as we do in an atmosphere with a rich and stable supply of oxygen, maintaining the ...

Revelations about the solar system's icy frontier, carbon-based nanostructures and the neurological basis of perception and decision have brought global recognition to seven researchers who are ...

If you don't understand a problem, chances are you won't be able to solve it. That's a major stumbling block for scientists attempting to develop treatments for brain disorders such as autism, ...

For worms, choosing when to search for a new dinner spot depends on many factors, both internal and external: how hungry they are, for example, how much oxygen is in the air, and how many other worms ...