Children who are physically fit have faster and more robust neuro-electrical brain responses during reading than their less-fit peers, researchers ...

As far back as 1948, Erwin Schrödinger—the inventor of modern quantum mechanics—published the book “What is life?” Dr David Turton, ...

Tweaking a protein expressed by most liver cancer cells has enabled scientists to make a vaccine that is exceedingly effective ...

A team of researchers at the University of Twente (Netherlands) and German University in Cairo (Egypt) has developed sperm-inspired microrobots, ...

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have erased and reactivated memories in rats, profoundly altering ...

New research from North Carolina State University pinpoints the areas of the cerebral cortex that are affected in mice with ...

A test of organic compounds in exhaled breath can not only distinguish patients with lung cancer from patients with chronic ...

In a new study, published in this week’s issue of the journal Science, researchers show for the first time how ...

A specially-bred strain of miniature swine lacking the molecule responsible for the rapid rejection of pig-to-primate organ transplants may provide ...

The tangled highway of blood vessels that twists and turns inside our bodies, delivering essential nutrients and disposing of hazardous ...

The overall number and nature of mutations—rather than the presence of any single mutation—influences an individual’s risk of developing schizophrenia, ...

Results from the first study of the clinical application of next generation DNA sequencing (NGS) in screening embryos for genetic ...

The gap between stem cell research and regenerative medicine just became a lot narrower, thanks to a new technique that ...

Symmetry is an inherent part of development. As an embryo, an organism’s brain and spinal cord, like the rest of ...

What medications can be used to treat lung cancer, and how effective are they? Until now, drug companies have had ...

A Harvard-led team is the first to demonstrate the ability to use low-power light to trigger stem cells inside the ...

Like salmon traveling upstream to spawn, sperm cells are extremely efficient at swimming against the current, according to research to ...

An international team of scientists has made a major step forward in our understanding of how enzymes ‘edit’ genes, paving ...

Scientists from the University of Southampton, in collaboration with the Universities of Sheffield and Crete, have developed a new hybrid ...

Using your brain – particularly during adolescence – may help brain cells survive and could impact how the brain functions ...