On the less glamorous side of space exploration, there’s the more practical problem of waste — in particular, what to ...

Some nanoparticles commonly added to consumer products can significantly damage DNA. Illustration Credits: Christine Daniloff/MIT Thousands of consumer products — ...

Johns Hopkins researchers say they have confirmed suspicions that DNA modifications found in the blood of mice exposed to high ...

A team of scientists at the University of Edinburgh has succeeded in regenerating a living organ for the first time. ...

A team of researchers at the IRCM, led by André Veillette, MD, explains how our immune system kills abnormal blood ...

Synthetic genetic circuitry created by researchers at Rice University is helping them see, for the first time, how to regulate ...

In a north London hospital, scientists are growing noses, ears and blood vessels in the laboratory in a bold attempt ...

With predictive modeling techniques, it is possible to predict anything from clients’ shopping habits and illnesses to a golfer’s handicap. ...

When we watch a movie, our brains react to it immediately in a way similar to other people's brains. Researchers ...

A major discovery that brings a new drug target to the increasingly exciting landscape of cancer immunotherapy was published yesterday ...

A blood sample could one day be enough to diagnose many types of solid cancers, or to monitor the amount ...

Skin cells use new molecule to send touch information to the brain. In a study published online today in the ...

Chances are you've heard of mapping genes to diagnose rare diseases, predict your risk of cancer and tell your ancestry. ...

Scientists at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have overcome one of the greatest challenges in biology and taken ...

A long-standing challenge in synthetic biology has been to create gene circuits that behave in predictable and robust ways. Mathematical ...

A University of Colorado Cancer Center study recently published in the journal Cell Reports and presented today at the American ...

A new way to artificially control muscles using light, with the potential to restore function to muscles paralysed by conditions ...

DARPA, the U.S. defense agency devoted to high-risk, high-reward research, has traditionally dedicated its resources to the physical sciences: nuclear ...

Prisoners with HIV fare well with treatment during incarceration, a Yale study has found. The authors write that, with the ...

Researchers with the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences took what some would consider garbage and made ...