A Japanese research team has successfully reproduced the human neural circuit in vitro using multi-region miniature organs ...

Researchers at the University of Geneva, together with colleagues in Switzerland, France, the United States and Israel, ...

Sounds can alter the way the brain interprets what it sees. This is the key finding of a new study by SISSA researchers in Trieste, published in PLOS Computational Biology. The research shows that, ...

A rat-infested home has plagued an Irvine neighborhood with rodents running around the streets for the last few weeks. Resident Sandy Turner said rats mostly come out of the house at night and camp ...

Many rodents have nails on their thumbs and claws on the rest of their fingers. A new study suggests this trait might have been key to their world domination. Missagia et al. Rodents are the largest ...

The legions of squirrels breaking into backyard bird feeders benefit from a surprising trait developed over millions of years—tiny hands with four claws and a human-looking thumbnail. This combination ...

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Rodents may have a rule of thumbnails. Many rodents have curved claws that help the animals climb or dig. But most also have flat nails on their thumbs, researchers report in the Sept. 4 Science. This ...

Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A) (NYSE:BRK.B) now lists Bell Laboratories, a rodent-control company based in Windsor, Wisconsin, as one of its operating subsidiaries. Earlier in August, an industry ...

1 F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Department of Neurology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States 2 Neuroscience Institute, National Research Council (CNR), Pisa ...

A new rodent problem is emerging for San Joaquin County agriculture. The farm bureau says ground squirrels are causing thousands, if not millions, of dollars in damage to crops and farms across ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Rodents chewing through engines are causing costly repairs and frustration for drivers across the country. One woman’s struggle to get her new truck fixed reveals a larger problem ...