A full fire extinguisher is cut in half with a 60,000 psi waterjet cutter, revealing a surprisingly dry interior. This cross-section allows viewers to see how a fire extinguisher works. #Waterjet ...

An international study changes the view that exposure to the toxic metal lead is largely a post-industrial phenomenon. The research reveals that our human ancestors were periodically exposed to lead ...

A cat owner from Vermont has left internet users puzzled after sharing a picture of her rag-doll cat sleeping in an odd position that many still struggle to understand. The cat's owner, Kyra Wilson, ...

In this video, we explore an impressive brain coral by cutting an exciting cross-section, which is then transformed into an amazing ring. Alex de Minaur offers 'special' response to question about ...

A subset of more than 1,000 neurons, representing just a snapshot of the complexity mapped within a cubic millimeter of mouse brain tissue Allen Institute In 1979, biologist Francis Crick claimed it ...

WASHINGTON, April 9 (Reuters) - Neuroscientists have produced the largest wiring diagram and functional map of a mammalian brain to date using tissue from a part of a mouse's cerebral cortex involved ...

Allen Institute researchers Leila Elabbady and Clay Reid examine brain mapping data from the MICrONS project. (Allen Institute Photo) Researchers say they’ve accomplished a feat that was said to be ...

From a tiny sample of tissue no larger than a grain of sand, scientists have come within reach of a goal once thought unattainable: building a complete functional wiring diagram of a portion of the ...

Disentangling the evolution mysteries of the human brain has always been an imperative endeavor in neuroscience. Although many previous comparative studies revealed genetic, brain structural and ...