Virginia Tech researchers have shown that memory loss in aging may be reversible. Using CRISPR tools, they corrected molecular disruptions in the hippocampus and amygdala, restoring memory in older ...

Cognitive struggles are climbing across the U.S., especially among young and economically disadvantaged adults. Rates of self-reported cognitive disability nearly doubled in people under 40 between ...

Retired federal workers will see their defined benefit pension payments increase slightly next year, though by how much depends largely on when they were hired. The Social Security Administration ...

In popular media, “AI” usually means large language models running in expensive, power-hungry data centers. For many applications, though, smaller models running on local hardware are a much better ...

Astrocytes have a more active role in stabilizing memories than once thought. Astrocytes were thought to simply support neurons in creating the physical traces of memories in the brain, but the study ...