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Credit: Chair of Helicopter Technology / TUM Missions at sea, in mountainous regions or close to skyscrapers are extremely risky for helicopter pilots. The turbulent...

Trained dogs are around the fMRI scanner. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Sept. 2, 2016, issue of Science, published by...

New details learned about a key cellular protein could lead to treatments for neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson's, Huntington's, Alzheimer's, and amyotrophic lateral scleros..

New York - The world's fastest land animal, the cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), is sprinting towards the edge of extinction and could soon be lost forever...

At a glance, you can recognize a friend's face whether they are happy or sad or even if you haven't seen them in a decade....

Toxic algae blooms in lakes and reservoirs are highly destructive, resulting in fish kills and toxicity risks to wildlife, livestock -- and even humans. But...

Credit: Silklab, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, Tufts University MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (December 26, 2016) -- Tufts University engineers have created a new format...

Cimaglermin, a new experimental drug, may help restore cardiac function after heart failure, according to a first-in-man study published today in JACC: Basic to Translational...

ANN ARBOR -- Researchers at the University of Michigan have had initial success in mice using nanodiscs to deliver a customized therapeutic vaccine for the...

Tens of millions of ash trees across Europe are dying from the Hymenoscyphus fraxinea fungus - the most visible signs that a tree is infected...

DURHAM, N.C. - Duke Health researchers have identified a drug-like small molecule that, in animal experiments, appears to be an effective treatment for a genetic...

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine HOUSTON - (Dec. 26, 2016) - Scientists have discovered that networks of inhibitory brain cells or neurons develop through a...

Drugs capable of activating silenced genes improve survival and growth outcomes in a mouse model of Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), a rare and incurable childhood disease,...

Cancer cells spread to other sites in the body through promoting the growth of new 'roads' to travel on. In a study to be published...

Credit: University of York Researchers at the University of York have identified genetic markers for disease tolerance that suggest UK ash trees may have a...