A spinal cord injury damages the lines of communication between the body and brain, impeding the signals that drive movement...

In Star Trek, characters carry a little handheld device called a tricorder that they can point at objects to analyze...

Humans are shaping environments at an accelerating rate. Indeed, one of the most important current topics of research is the...

MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researchers Denis Guttridge, Ph.D., Michael Ostrowski, Ph.D., and colleagues at Indiana University were recently awarded a $9.7 million program...

Adults 50 and older are significantly less active than those younger than 50. Many fall short of the recommended 150...

A new study has shown that regular consumption of millets can improve hemoglobin and serum ferritin levels to reduce iron...

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 19, 2021 – A novel computational platform developed by researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine...

Amphibians are bioindicators of an ecosystem’s health and may also serve as biological control of crop and forest pests. The...

Infrared light therapy might have the potential to help people living with dementia, according to researchers.Credit: Durham University/North News &...

A special artificial intelligence (AI)-based computer algorithm created by Mount Sinai researchers was able to learn how to identify subtle...

Carrie-Ellen Briere studies the cells in human milk, a passion inspired by years of working as a clinical nurse with sick...

Scientists have discovered a new link that could bring the scientific and medical community closer to understanding why glioblastoma, the...

Nearly half of our DNA has been written off as junk, the discards of evolution: sidelined or broken genes, viruses...

Animals that migrate north to breed are being put at risk by ongoing climate change and increasing human pressure, losing...

Practice makes perfect, but sleep helps, too. Learning and executing a new motor skill can be enhanced if you can...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Jeremy Mobley, student success advisor in the University of Tennessee Department of Animal Science, was selected as...

Nestled deep in the middle of the vertebrate brain is a multi-sensory integration and movement control center called the superior...

Each year, the number of people wearing smart watches increases, according to recent surveys. These wearable sensors are commonplace and provide...

Are we born to fear punishment or crave rewards? Or do those capacities evolve with experience? Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory...

Researchers have known for decades that human cells migrate by circulating cell surface adhesion receptors from one part of the...