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A novel looping mechanism that involves the end caps of DNA may help explain the aging of cells and how they initiate and transmit disease,...

Engineers have transformed the genome of the bacterium E. coli into a long-term storage device for memory. They envision that this stable, erasable, and easy-to-retrieve...

Is it possible to change the amount of information the brain can store? Maybe, according to a new international study led by the Research Institute...

Stanching the free flow of blood from an injury remains a holy grail of clinical medicine. Controlling blood flow is a primary concern and first...

A University of Utah study of two African tribes found evidence that men evolved better navigation ability than women because men with better spatial skills...

In an unexpected mashup of financial and mechanical engineering, researchers have discovered that the same modeling used to forecast fluctuations in the stock market can...

An electronic "tongue" could one day sample food and drinks as a quality check before they hit store shelves. Or it could someday monitor water...