This scientific medium could be used on old biological materials stored in less-than-ideal conditions, including the brain of ...

There is a revolutionary new method of mapping RNA that was invented in China, which could reveal the mysteries of some of ...

The researchers from Chinese institutes, including BGI-Research, home to the State Key Laboratory of Genome and Multi-omics ...

If you've ever wondered what the brain of a genius looks like, make your way to Philadelphia. There, the public can view for the first time 46 slivers of the brain of Albert Einstein, the theoretical ...

The bizarre yet true story behind the theft of brain of the world's most famous scientist. The bizarre yet true story of the Princeton Hospital pathologist who in 1955 stole Albert Einstein's brain ...

Chinese scientists say their upgraded RNA-mapping technique could one day make such a study possible. A team from BGI-Research and partner institutes has developed Stereo-seq V2, an advanced spatial ...

Albert Einstein's brain has crossed the Atlantic for the first time. It's a journey that one of the 20th century's greatest minds never intended. Before Einstein died 57 years ago, he wrote in his ...

Some researchers would have us believe that the reason for Albert Einstein’s remarkable genius was his ample endowment of corpus callosum -- the large fiber tract that, at least in most of us, ...

In the 55 years since Albert Einstein's death, many scientists have tried to figure out what made him so smart. But no one tried harder than a pathologist named Thomas Harvey, who lost his job and his ...

Across cultures and eras, human remains have held powerful spiritual and symbolic significance. The ancient Egyptians believed that mummifying a king’s body ensured his ascent to the gods. The ...

The debate over right brain-left brain lateralization has raged on for decades. A 2013 study found Albert Einstein's brilliance may be linked to the fact that his brain hemispheres were extremely well ...