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Neurosurgeon performs surgery on epileptic 10 month old baby

Vagal-nerve stimulator implanted for first time into ten-month old epilepsy patient

Bristol University from Cabot Tower

New research shows that people can learn to be happy, but it is hard work

 Fat dog, illustrative

Genetic mutation in Labrador dog breed hardwires them for obesity

 (l-r) Dr. Benjamin Weiss, Prof. Rivka Dikstein, Dr. Anat Bahat and Elad Itzhaki

Weizmann study makes a step towards treatment for incurable Huntington's disease

 Israeli foreign minister and Head of the Yesh Atid party Yair Lapid walks next to Head of opposition and head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu at the assembly hall for a special session in memory of Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben Gurion, on November 8, 2021.

People are more willing to bend their morals when it comes to politics - US study

Zebrafish pituitary, revealing its diverse cell populations: astroglial pituicytes (purple) and two different types of hormone-producing cells (red and green)

Weizmann Institute team finds new insight to pituitary disorders

Nivedha Mohan Raj

WATCH: 'The more you read, the more curious you become'

 Neuralink logo and Elon Musk photo are seen in this illustration taken, December 19, 2022

Elon Musk's Neuralink implants brain chip in first human

By REUTERS
 A fountain pen writing.

Writing by hand helps people learn more than typing does - study

 Graduate student Katie Bates studies a slice of rodent Parkinsonian brain tissue slices in the Nanomedicine Lab at UCL's School of Pharmacy in London.

Neuroscientists find the importance of dopamine in relationships through rodent study

Monkeys

Scientists invent brain chip to reduce risk-taking in monkeys

 From left to right:  Prof. Masad Barhoum, director-general of the Galilee Medical Center ; Avi Buskila, CEO, Sarel;  Yoav Kastel, CEO, Autonomi.

‘Eye’ signage placed in operating rooms increases civility among staff

 The brain (illustrative).

Scientific breakthrough in the study of neurological disorders

TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY Prof. Israel Hershkovitz holds what scientists say are two pieces of fossilized bone of a previously unknown kind of early human discovered at the Nesher Ramla site.

Humans continue to experience evolution, natural selection is ongoing - Newsweek

 Painting of woman –  Researchers discover that just like in mice, human tears contain a chemical signal that blocks conspecific male aggression.

Exposure to tears leads to lower aggression in males

 Illustration of a brain.

Memories of trauma trigger distinct brain activity, say Yale researchers

 Hebrew University students.

Israeli research teams win prestigious ERC Consolidator Grants in a variety of fields

 Eye

Blinking could provide clues to human response under stress