A pilot study from Michigan Medicine researchers found that the Mediterranean diet may provide...
A new type of immunotherapy that targets aggressive blood cancers shows promising results alongside...
We don’t always understand our emotions, but we couldn’t lead normal lives without them....
Long considered a disease brought to the Americas by European colonizers, leprosy may actually...
Close to five million smuggled seahorses worth an estimated CAD$29 million were seized by...
Ever since a few enterprising bed bugs hopped off a bat and attached themselves...
Learning to play music by ear is challenging for most musicians, but research from...
A new study reveals the biological secret to the Zika virus’s infectious success: Zika...
Chronic stress can lead to increased blood pressure and cardiovascular disease, decreased immune function,...
Humans are by nature social creatures, far more so than other primates. Our desire...
Throwing a little heat on your meal might be an effective strategy for cutting...
Is artificial intelligence (AI) capable of suggesting appropriate behaviour in emotionally charged situations? A...
If you’ve ever regretted ordering a spicy meal, take note: A new study identifying...
Research confirms that social isolation and loneliness significantly impact health and mortality, even if...
Researchers led by Maike Sander, Scientific Director of the Max Delbrück Center, have developed...
In biology, enzymes have evolved over millions of years to drive chemical reactions. Scientists...
As the national debate intensifies around immigration, a new study from the University of...
Roughly 10 percent of the U.S. population is afflicted with major depressive disorder at...
Southwest Research Institute tapped into its drug formulation and manufacturing expertise to fabricate two...
In 2022 a team led by the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry discovered that...
Poor mental health, rising obesity rates, exposure to violence and climate change are among...
Sets of metabolites found in blood and urine reliably correspond with how much energy...
Historically, most human mpox infections have resulted from zoonotic transmission — meaning from animals...
Nanoplastics are everywhere. These fragments are so tiny they can accumulate on bacteria and...
The combination of air pollution, dense urban development and limited green spaces increases the...
Anemia affects more than 2 billion people worldwide, including an estimated 83 million Americans...
A new study published in Science Advances reveals that a single gene plays a...
Wearable technologies are revolutionizing health care, but design limitations in adhesive-based personal monitors have...
In groundbreaking work from The University of Warwick, researchers have found that wild orangutans...
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have upended decades-old dogma...
Did you know that more than 75% of new infectious diseases affecting humans originally...
An often-ignored type of cell in the brain plays a dynamic and surprisingly complex...
Listen to the first notes of an old, beloved song. Can you name that...
A transient ischemic attack, also known as a mini-stroke, is typically defined as a...
How are we able to recall a word we want to say? This basic...
The United States population is older than it has ever been. Today, the country’s...
An innovative outbreak detection program that tracks disease-causing viruses in wastewater identified the measles...
Lower the legal tackle height in women’s rugby is providing effectin in reducing head...
Modern HIV medicine is based on a common genetic mutation. Now, researchers have traced...
A research team led by the School of Public Health in the LKS Faculty...
New research led by Irish scientists has uncovered how lipid-rich fluid in the abdomen,...
By creating a more true-to-life representation of DNA’s environment, researchers at Northwestern University have...
Millions of kilometres of rivers around the world are carrying antibiotic pollution at levels...
Chimpanzees are capable of complex communication: The human capacity for language may not be...
Consumption of ultra-processed foods, such as sugar-sweetened beverages, potato chips and packaged cookies, may...
Imagine if doctors could precisely print miniature capsules capable of delivering cells needed for...
Mount Sinai researchers have discovered distinct roles for two dopamine receptors located on nerve...
The age at which babies take their first steps is strongly influenced by their...
A research team from the University of Oklahoma has pioneered a groundbreaking method that...
An international study co-authored by McGill psychologist Caroline Palmer suggests our brains and bodies...
Friendship comes with complex pros and cons — possibly explaining why some individuals are...
It’s notable when a scientific study reaches the decade mark, but when the topic...
The future of electroencephalography (EEG) monitoring may soon look like a strand of hair....
Researchers at Pennington Biomedical Research Center have revealed critical insights into how impaired mitochondrial...
The Haenyeo, a group of all-female divers from the Korean island of Jeju, are...
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have completed a first-in-human clinical trial testing a...
Viruses are known to use the genetic machinery of the human cells they invade...
Scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have developed a revolutionary new way...
Many people around the world believe in karma — that idea that divine justice...
Bad habits such as smoking, heavy drinking and lack of exercise must be tackled...
Every second counts when it comes to detecting and treating heart attacks. That’s where...
From 2010 to 2020, breast cancer deaths among women ages 20-49 declined significantly across...
Daily exposure to certain chemicals used to make plastic household items could be linked...
An automated machine learning program developed by researchers from Edith Cowan University (ECU) in...
Researchers at Aston University have called for more advice to be given to young...
Proteins play a central role in virtually every disease. They are the building blocks...
A landmark study published in The New England Journal of Medicine reveals that a...
An interdisciplinary research team from the LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University of...
A team of Duke-NUS Medical School researchers designed and tested a new digital toolkit...
Senescent skin cells, often referred to as zombie cells because they have outlived their...
In recent years, cell therapies have developed alongside chemotherapy and immunotherapy to become a...
It’s no secret that our waistlines often expand in middle-age, but the problem isn’t...
Cinnamon is one of the oldest and most commonly used spices in the world,...
Every breath we take, every meal we eat, and every environment we encounter leaves...
University of New Mexico Health Sciences researchers hope to launch human clinical trials in...
In Frank Baum’s original novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the Emerald City is...
A research group at the University of Stuttgart has manipulated light through its interaction...
Adolescents who sleep for longer — and from an earlier bedtime — than their...
New research from the University of Sydney links fatty, sugary diets to impaired brain...
A new study led by researchers at Yale University suggests that early-life exposure to...
A study published in the American Journal of Human Genetics by researchers at Baylor...
Sediment cores drawn from four lakes in Guatemala record the distinct direction that ground...
Fifty years since its discovery, scientists have finally worked out how a molecular machine...
When you see a bag of carrots at the grocery store, does your mind...
dults younger than 50 years of age had more than double the risk of...
A new smart insole system that monitors how people walk in real time could...
Physicians classify brain tumors and determine treatment options, in part, by the genes they...
A new study has found important clues about the roles age, sex, hormonal changes...
A new study by Brown University researchers suggests that gold nanoparticles — microscopic bits...
“Do we see colors the same way?” is a fundamentally human question and one...
Bacteria naturally present in the human intestine (known as the gut microbiota) can transform...
The skin is the largest organ in the human body. It makes up around...
Young adults — particularly college students — are more likely than any other group...
Sleep is a necessary part of people’s daily routine, but modern lifestyles and technology...
A new, error-corrected method for detecting cancer from blood samples is much more sensitive...
A study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a centre supported...
Calibr-Skaggs Institute for Innovative Medicines, the drug discovery division of Scripps Research, announced today...
The process of discovering molecules that have the properties needed to create new medicines...
Much as a pilot might practice maneuvers in a flight simulator, scientists might soon...
One main goal of anti-cancer therapies is to kill tumor cells without affecting the...
A new study from researchers at the George Washington University has found that certain...
A collaborative study conducted by researchers at the Centre for Sleep and Cognition at...
Heavy drinkers who have eight or more alcoholic drinks per week have an increased...
Wear and tear on plastic products releases small to nearly invisible plastic particles, which...
Researchers explored the long-term effects of preschool expansion in Japan in the 1960s, revealing...
A new University of Otago — Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka study has found a link...
The list of treatments for low back pain is endless, but few offer relief...
Body signals such as heartbeat and breathing accompany us constantly, often unnoticed as background...
Damage to the genetic material of mitochondria — the mitochondrial DNA or mtDNA for...
Two plant-based diets were associated with similar survival benefits and low environmental impact, according...
In today’s interconnected world, infectious diseases pose an escalating threat, as demonstrated by the...
Whooping cough, or pertussis, was once a leading cause of death for children in...
It’s no coincidence that our bodies feel a little creakier as we age. The...
In a significant advancement, researchers from the Nanoscience Center (NSC) at the University of...
Drug-carrying DNA aptamers can deliver a one-two punch to leukemia by precisely targeting the...
To ensure we get the calories and hydration we need, the brain relies on...
A team of Northwestern University scientists spanning disciplines have developed new technology that could...
A wife and husband professor team at Michigan State University are collaborating with researchers...
The pathogens Giardia duodenalis and Cryptosporidium are common causes of sometimes-fatal intestinal diseases in...
Mpox has the potential to become a significant global health threat if taken too...
A new study from investigators at Mass General Brigham shows that clues about hypertension...
You may have heard of the fantastic-sounding “dark side of the genome.” This poorly...
Ever wondered what happens to your body when you take those trendy ice baths?...
Meniscus tears are common knee injuries that have long frustrated patients and doctors due...
A new study found that more than half of US adults encounter some form...
Investigators at Mass General Brigham have uncovered how resistance to chemotherapies may occur in...
Anthrax, an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, is often treatable in...
People living with Long Covid often feel dismissed, disbelieved and unsupported by their healthcare...
University of Michigan researchers have developed a statistical method that can be used for...
COVID infection has been linked to higher risk of autoimmune disorders, including rheumatoid arthritis...
A study finds that factors beyond a person’s control, like socioeconomic status and whether...
Researchers at the University of Cologne and University Hospital Cologne have shown in their...
Sugar coatings aren’t only for candies; they also help viruses, like the ones that...
The pathogen C. diff — the most common cause of health care-associated infectious diarrhea...
American students have been falling behind in math for decades — with test scores...
Life takes shape with the motion of a single cell. In response to signals...
If you’ve ever noticed how memories from the same day seem connected while events...
Traditionally, chemists have relied on well-established but limiting methods to synthesize these molecules. The...
Bubble baths might be soothing soaks, but bubble showers could be the next thing...
The end of a romantic relationship usually does not come out of the blue...
During infections, the immune system needs to distinguish foreign antigens that are expressed by...
Almost half of children who require surgery for complicated appendicitis can safely complete their...
The lymphatic system plays a key role in maintaining the body’s fluid balance and...
An experimental drug appears to reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s-related dementia in people destined...
A new study by UCLA Health has discovered what researchers say is the first...
Scientists have discovered a protein that enables bacteria to shut down into dormant spores...
If a person hides their own hand and focuses on a rubber hand instead,...
Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine have developed a powerful AI tool, built...
A new analysis led by surgeons at UCLA Health finds that psychological prehabilitation can...
Alternative RNA splicing is like a movie editor cutting and rearranging scenes from the...
Adding immunotherapy to a new type of inhibitor that targets multiple forms of the...
In Nature Neuroscience, UConn School of Medicine researchers have revealed a new scientific clue...
Prior exposures to specific types of seasonal influenza viruses promote cross-reactive immunity against the...
Researchers at the University of Adelaide have performed the first imaging of embryos using...
A study from researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine highlights a new...
Many people will soon load up Easter baskets with chocolate candy for children and...
Mount Sinai researchers have developed a method to uncover the hidden immune cells that...
Metastatic melanoma, also known as stage IV melanoma, is a type of skin cancer...
A lung function test used to help diagnose asthma works better in the morning,...
Microplastics have been found almost everywhere that scientists have looked for them. Now, according...
Even cells experience peer pressure. Scientists have long studied the ins and outs of...
Prostate cancer statistics can look scary: 34,250 U.S. deaths in 2024. 1.4 million new...
Occupational and environmental exposures can put specific groups of people at higher risk of...
Women with higher levels of essential minerals circulating in their blood during pregnancy, particularly...
A recently launched Phase 1 clinical trial at Mass General Brigham is examining the...
People who consume plant-based oil instead of butter may experience beneficial health effects and...
Researchers in the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine,...
A new study from the University of Georgia College of Public Health focuses on...
We all encounter gels in daily life — from the soft, sticky substances you...
Just a few days of eating a diet high in saturated fat could be...
Researchers at UC San Francisco have enabled a man who is paralyzed to control...
Johns Hopkins University engineers have developed a pioneering prosthetic hand that can grip plush...
A Stanford-led team has found two antibodies that can work together to defeat all...
When ‘Elephant’ toothpaste erupts from the science lab, history deals up Pokémon playing cards,...
Psychosocial stress during pregnancy could lead to higher blood pressure during the first year...
Six out of every ten people globally lack access to safe medical oxygen, resulting...
Having one traumatic experience is bad enough. If you’ve constantly experienced stress since before...
A research team at the University of Cologne has made a significant breakthrough in...
Neuroblastoma is a solid tumor that occurs in children. When high-risk, the disease has...
Air pollution contributes to nearly 7 million premature deaths each year, and its effects...
Africa is a multilingual continent and many adults speak several languages fluently. An empirical...
The number of obese persons has grown significantly in recent decades, which presents significant...
The factor that tips you over the edge from being at risk for a...
Curtin University researchers have developed a new technique to make glass water-repellent, a feature...
Researchers have a new explanation for why we experience the “happiness paradox” — a...
Education experts at the University of South Australia are encouraging schools to consider problem-based...
For children and teens living with migraine, there may be a new preventive treatment,...
Identifying and delineating cell structures in microscopy images is crucial for understanding the complex...
On May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister pushed through the finishing tape at Iffley Road...
Your immune system harbors a lifetime’s worth of information about threats it’s encountered —...
Using an approach called DNA origami, scientists at Caltech have developed a technique that...
Sweden’s Viking Age population appears to have suffered from severe oral and maxillofacial disease,...
Researchers at the University of California San Diego have found an unusual ally in...
Researchers at University of Tsukuba have applied a visualization technique to depict the brain’s...
Pain perception can vary greatly. Sometimes, we feel pain more intensely than expected due...
Exposure to bullying by superiors and/or colleagues has been linked to a variety of...
Researchers at Stockholm University have developed a fully biobased hair conditioner using lignin gel...
When even the most highly trained surgeons perform procedures on the retina — one...
Researchers including those from the University of Tokyo developed Deep Nanometry, an analytical technique...
A discovery at Duke-NUS Medical School offers new hope in the battle against pulmonary...
