Brain tissue is an optical mess. Water, lipids, and tangled cellular membranes all bend light in different directions. If ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists have advanced human-animal chimera research by successfully growing human cells within the organs of mice. This ...

For generations, laboratory mice have lived and died under fluorescent lights, their world reduced to plastic cages and standardized pellets. When researchers finally moved some of these animals into ...

When laboratory mice step out of their plastic cages and into real soil, their behavior changes so dramatically that it forces a rethink of what stress, health and even “normal” really mean. The story ...

Mark Bear and Sara Kornfeld-Sylla in Bear's lab at The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT. Numerous potential treatments for neurological conditions, including autism spectrum disorders, ...

Dozens of laboratory mice allowed to roam a large outdoor enclosure returned to a typical level of mouse anxiety after just one week, researchers observed, suggesting that 'rewilding' may prevent ...

Pre-clinical trials — the stage at which medications or therapies are tested on animals like laboratory mice — is a crucial part of drug development. It's only then that scientists can assess benefits ...