Thanks to standardized image file formats—like JPEG, PNG or TIFF—which store information every time you take a digital photo, you...

Interdisciplinary research at the University of Pennsylvania is showing how cells interact over long distances within fibrous tissue, like that...

Neutrophils, cells recruited by the immune system to fight infection, need to move through a great variety of tissues. New...

New UCLA research indicates that lost memories can be restored. The findings offer some hope for patients in the early...

A Yale University lab has crafted the first synthetic molecules that have both the targeting and response functions of antibodies....

A Colorado man made history at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) this summer when he became the...

Humans’ ability to detect the direction of movement of stimuli in their sensory world is critical to survival. Much of...

German doctors on Friday gave details of how an experimental drug together with advanced intensive care helped save a Ugandan...

UCLA researchers have developed a lens-free microscope that can be used to detect the presence of cancer or other cell-level...

Prostate cancer affects more than 23,000 men this year in the USA however the individual genes that initiate prostate cancer...

Programmed cell death is a mechanism that causes defective and potentially harmful cells to destroy themselves. It serves a number...

Researchers from North Carolina State University have found a way of binding peptides to the surface of gallium nitride (GaN)...

Cancers often involve far more than a genetic mutation acting alone. Multiple mutations, many of which are rare, may occur...

Neuroscience is a big field, populated by experts around the world. They search for treatments for people with brain and...

Lawrence Livermore researchers in conjunction with collaborators at University of California (link is external), Los Angeles have found that some...

Scientists from Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, have found that in fruit flies, the quality and...

New research from The Johns Hopkins University suggests that the amount of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) found in peoples' blood directly...

A paralysed woman who controlled a robotic arm using just her thoughts has taken another step towards restoring her natural...

Using an innovative technique combining genetic analysis and mathematical modeling with some basic sleuthing, researchers have identified previously undescribed microlesions...

Sparks literally fly when a sperm and an egg hit it off. The fertilized mammalian egg releases from its surface...