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Credit: Johns Hopkins University When trying to be heard over noise, humans and animals raise their voices. It's a split-second feat, from ear to brain...

Before new nanoparticles or other nanomedicines can be injected into the human body, a whole series of tests must be conducted in the laboratory, then...

Researchers at the University of Turku, Finland, have developed a synthetic material based on the natural hackmanite mineral which produces broad spectrum white light in...

Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. - The power of friendship gets stronger with age and may even be more important than family relationships,...

Although influenza vaccines are currently the best forms of protection to safeguard people against getting the flu, they are not effective in all cases. A...

A new special issue from Future Science OA examines novel organ-on-a-chip research and provides expert insight into the future of the field. It is well-accepted...

Oxford University Press is pleased to announce its partnership with the British Society for Rheumatology to publish a new, peer-reviewed open- access journal: Rheumatology Advances...

The promising drug is known as F8-TNF. When injected into the bloodstream, it lures killer cells from the body's immune system towards sarcomas. The killer...

Credit: Johan Wingborg A newly discovered mechanism behind reduced insulin production in type 2 diabetes is now being presented. In an article in Nature Communications,...

Credit: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center The study tested the efficacy of tildrakizumab, an antibody that targets only a very specific immune system pathway. More...

The 2017 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize has been awarded to five scientists for transformative discoveries in the field of cancer immunology. Collectively, their work has...

University of Rochester Medical Center researchers have discovered that loss of muscle stem cells is the main driving force behind muscle decline in old age...

Oldenburg/Bremerhaven (Germany), 6th June 2017. It is only six centimetres long, but it plays a major role in the Antarctic ecosystem: the small crustacean Euphausia...

The cell surface of a common soil bacteria (Streptomyces sp.) is not only hydrophobic but it protects the organism from desiccation and therefore the movement...

Credit: Brian W. van Wilgen Along with urban and agricultural encroachment and pollution mitigation, managing invasive alien species is a key intervention needed to protect...