To test the limits, the researchers started by firing a powerful, ultrafast laser into the side of a volunteer’s head. The ...

Researchers have measured the brain’s faint glow for the first time, hinting at a potential role of “biophotons” in cognition ...

Light typically only reaches the outermost layers of the brain, about 40 mm deep—enough to study the surface of the brain, ...

Most of the time the doctor will have to open your skull to get to the tumor ... by looking at cells and tissues. MRI Brain Cancer Picture: Side view section through the brain of a young girl.

He notes that while traditional brain surgery involves opening up the side of the skull, the practice of "minimally invasive brain surgery" — whereby the brain is accessed via the nose or by the ...

The complete skull has been preserved ... but it's a key piece in the puzzle of bird brain evolution," said Field. "With Navaornis, we've got a clearer view of the evolutionary changes that ...