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Credit: Hans Braxmeier Have you ever met someone who just wasn't into music? They may have a condition called specific musical anhedonia, which affects three-to-five...

January 4, 2017 -- Girls from low-income families in the U.S. are unprepared for puberty and have largely negative experiences of this transition, according to...

Credit: Photo by Jim Peck Michigan State University has landed a highly competitive grant from USAID to fight the Zika virus in Mexico. The $1...

The government of a low-lying island nation is considering the construction of a seawall to protect its capital and economic hub from the rising seas...

Credit: ©2017 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, January 4, 2017--Gene therapy has shown some of its most promising early results in treating...

The human brain's advanced cognitive capabilities are often attributed to our recently evolved neocortex. Comparison of human and rodent brains shows that the human cortex...

Credit: Sanford Health SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - The first FDA-approved clinical trial of its kind in the United States using a person's own fat-derived adult...

Credit: Justin Kelley/MU Health COLUMBIA, Mo. (Jan. 4, 2017) -- One in 45 American children lives with autism spectrum disorder, according to the Centers for...

New research published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology, shows that a high-fiber diet likely inhibits gout-related inflammation caused by monosodium urate (MSU) crystals. Specifically,...

Credit: UTA Chemists at The University of Texas at Arlington are developing new methods to synthesize groups of chemical compounds to provide faster, less expensive...

LAWRENCE -- For 87 days starting April 20, 2010, oil flowed freely into the Gulf of Mexico after a deadly explosion rocked the Deepwater Horizon...

Credit: © 2017 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, January 4, 2017--Researchers developed a biocompatible scaffold capable of controlled-release of silver ions and...

Credit: Michael Monn, Haneesh Kesari / Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Judging by their name alone, orange puffball sea sponges might seem unlikely paragons of...

Credit: Vanderbilt University WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed the first sensor capable of objectively identifying inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and distinguishing between its two subtype..

A large number of researchers are working in the area of nonlinear optics, which is the study of all effects that can be described as...