Measles can ravage the immune system and brain, causing long-term damage – a virologist explains

Complications from measles infection are surprisingly common.

Peter Kasson, Professor of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology • conversation
March 31, 2025 • ~6 min

Bird brain discovery could lead to earlier Alzheimer’s diagnoses

Vocal changes in birds may predict age-related disorders like Alzheimer's disease in people, according to a new study.

Kyle Mittan-U. Arizona • futurity
March 25, 2025 • ~5 min

What makes the human brain unique? We compared it with monkeys and apes to find out

Advances in technology are making it easier to explore this question.

Katherine Bryant, Postdoctural Fellow in Neuroscience , Aix-Marseille Université (AMU) • conversation
March 24, 2025 • ~7 min

How early-life stress can ‘reprogram’ the brain

A new study examines the mechanisms behind the long-term consequences of childhood stress.

UC Irvine • futurity
March 20, 2025 • ~7 min

Shaken baby syndrome can cause permanent brain damage, long-term disabilities or death – a pediatrician examines the preventable tragedy

Up to 25% of infants diagnosed with abusive head trauma – otherwise known as shaken baby syndrome – die, and a substantial percentage who survive are left with long-term disabilities.

Lori Frasier, Professor of Pediatrics, Penn State • conversation
March 19, 2025 • ~9 min

Seeing trauma triggers changes in the brain

"Our research suggests that indirect trauma and direct trauma create different biological responses..."

Marya Barlow-Virginia Tech • futurity
March 18, 2025 • ~5 min

To the brain, Esperanto and Klingon appear the same as English or Mandarin

A new study finds natural and invented languages elicit similar responses in the brain’s language-processing network.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
March 18, 2025 • ~8 min

Evidence that 40Hz gamma stimulation promotes brain health is expanding

A decade of studies provide a growing evidence base that increasing the power of the brain’s gamma rhythms could help fight Alzheimer’s, and perhaps other neurological diseases.

David Orenstein | The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory • mit
March 14, 2025 • ~6 min

Pupils shed light on the brain during sleep

A look under the eyelids reveal that more happens in the brain during sleep than was previously assumed, researchers report.

ETH Zurich • futurity
March 13, 2025 • ~7 min

Life-changing brain tech, but with a chilling caveat

Fellow’s paper draws from history to urge caution on brain-computer interfaces

Harvard Gazette • harvard
March 10, 2025 • ~6 min

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