The poster child for basic research might well be a one-celled green algae found in ordinary lakes and ponds. Amazingly, this unassuming creature--called Chlamydomonas--is helping...
In two parallel projects, researchers have created new genomes inside the bacterium E. coli in ways that test the limits of genetic reprogramming and open...
Our ability to grasp and manipulate objects relies on feedback from our sense of touch. Without these signals from the hand, we would have trouble...
A brain region activated when people are asked to perform mathematical calculations in an experimental setting is similarly activated when they use numbers -- or...
Thirty-four million people are living with human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, worldwide and each year some 2.5 million more are infected, according to the World...
The medical, humanitarian and economical impact of viral diseases is devastating to humans and livestock. There are no adequate therapies available against most viral diseases,...
Pointing to a Nike Flyknit Racer -- the lime-green trainers, worn by many athletes during London 2012, that use a single knitted layer of fabric...
The human brain keeps changing throughout a person's lifetime. New connections are continually created while synapses that are no longer in use degenerate. To date,...
A new technique developed by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine could pave the way to an era of personalized epigenomics. The technique,...
Damaged or diseased organs may someday be healed with an injection of blood vessel cells, eliminating the need for donated organs and transplants, according to...
Dengue fever, an infectious tropical disease found in more than 100 countries, has no cure and no vaccine. One reason why it has been difficult...
I hope that some day scientists can be considered heroes again, instead of Paris Hilton. - Walter Isaacson
Scientists have revealed nearly 100 genetic variants implicated in the development of cancers such as breast cancer and prostate cancer. Credits: Mark Gerstein The new...
University of South Florida researchers have suggested a new view of how stem cells may help repair the brain following trauma. In a series of...
