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Credit: Scott Areman Researchers have found promising results for treating depression with a video game interface that targets underlying cognitive issues associated with depression rather...

Credit: Picture: Alan Place A University of Limerick (Ireland) professor has identified an emerging area of science having reclassified part of the digestive system as...

Credit: UC San Diego Health The Amazonian Center of Excellence for Malaria Research, headed by Joseph Vinetz, MD, professor of medicine and tropical disease specialist...

Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (June 19, 2017) – While it's widely held that tumors can produce blood vessels to support their growth, scientists now...

Already it's known that many deadly diseases that afflict humans were originally acquired through contact with animals. However new research from the University of Warwick...

Credit: John Soares BOSTON – (February 15, 2017) – Fat cells are not simply big blobs of lipid quietly standingby in the body–instead, they send...

Credit: Joao Ribas, Brigham and Women's Hospital Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) is an extremely rare genetic condition that causes premature and accelerated aging. Recently, researc..

Credit: Univetsity of Tsukuba You may have experienced sleepless nights when you were anxious, stressed or too excited. Such emotions are well-known to affect wakefulness...

Credit: University of Sydney Researchers at the University of Sydney have found that engaging in computer-based brain training can improve memory and mood in older...

Credit: (Photo by David Hayman) (Millbrook, NY) Through a new $2 million National Science Foundation grant, scientists at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, the...

Credit: Dr. Krushnamegh Kunte, NCBS-TIFR What do CPUs, stockbrokers, and butterflies have in common? They are good at investing their resources in the right place...

Credit: Maricruz Kwon, UTHealth You are what you eat when it comes to fat, report scientists from McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas...

Credit: B. Fairbanks A novel tuberculosis pathogen, Mycobacterium mungi, closely related to human TB, infects and kills banded mongooses through a surprising route — olfactory...

Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (July 20, 2017) – While research has demonstrated the positive impact a woman's social support network and faith community can have...

Credit: Wu et al., 2017 Researchers in China have discovered that a metabolic enzyme called AKR1B1 drives an aggressive type of breast cancer. The study,...