Researchers have dueled for years over how the magnetic sense works. New data from monarch butterflies could finally help settle the debate.

Learn about neuroscientists who have started new labs or independent lines of research in Latin America over the past five years.

Neuroscience in Chile does not lack talent or ideas, but the systems that make science visible increasingly price its researchers out.

The meeting’s organizers recap the science to watch.

Myelin may serve as an energy reserve for the brain, and neuroscientists are rethinking how the brain stores, shares and protects energy.

Scientists are protesting the government’s failure to restore previously cut scholarships and update salaries as required by a 2025 law.

The sphinx, with a worm’s brain and a fly’s body, illustrates the potential pitfalls of using deep-learning techniques to model biological processes.

Catherine Carr explains her discovery that geckos retain a vibration-sensing pathway previously thought to be lost when animals moved onto land.

Even though one set of experiments did not hold up, the authors stand by the original conclusions of the work and plan to resubmit it as a new paper.

Carola Städele, a self-proclaimed “tick magnet,” studies the sensory neurobiology of ticks—how the parasitic animals zero in on their next meal.

The policy aimed to increase the transparency of research in humans but created “a bureaucratic nightmare” for basic neuroscientists.

The force-activated ion channels underlie the senses of touch and proprioception. Now scientists are using them as a tool to explore molecular mechanisms at work in internal organs…

In his first week off the job, the former National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke director urges U.S. scientists to remain optimistic about the future of neuroscience research…

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Faux fish and birds are helping researchers decipher some of the rules that govern schooling and squawking, among other social behaviors.

Dig into an exploration of the fundamental aspects of intelligence, a new textbook about theoretical neuroscience and a memoir about memory research, among other new releases.

The removal counteracts the goals of the longitudinal study by “pretending that some aspects of adolescent brain development don’t exist,” says sex differences researcher Nicola Grissom.

The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. More than 150 researchers shared with ProPu...

Streamlining the problem from 3D to 1D eases the expedition—a strategy the study investigators deployed to rewire an olfactory circuit in flies.

The team behind the Drosophila genetics database is now requesting donations from labs to keep the resource afloat.

It’s unclear if the cancellation at the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse extends to the fellowships awarded by other institutes within the National Institutes of Health.

A lack of six new brain donors may stop the project from meeting its goal to pair molecular and cellular data with the functional organization of the cortex.

If you want to appeal the decision, know the rules that govern terminations, as well as the specific rationale given in your notice, science policy experts say.

The letters they received this week did not include a reason for their termination.

Cognitive neuroscientists have finally clocked how to perform task-based fMRI experiments in awake babies. Now they want watch cognition take shape.

Recognize early-career researchers who have made outstanding contributions to the field. Selected nominees will be featured on our website and in our annual book.

Some neuroscience departments plan to shrink class size by 25 to 40 percent; others may inadvertently take more students than they can afford.

Administration officials pressured the NIH to avoid clear advice from the agency’s own lawyers to restart grant funding now.

Ten trainees spoke with The Transmitter about how the precarious state of U.S. federal funding is affecting their research and career plans.

Meet 10 neuroscientists bringing model diversity back with the funky animals they study.

The Transmitter’s first book, “Thinking about neuroscience: Essays from the field,” features a rich collection of writing from researchers Nicole Rust, Anthony Zador and many more.

Daily neuroscience-related posts on the social-media platform this week have increased more than 400 percent, on average, compared with October.