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Credit: American Chemical Society Wireless, wearable sensors are all the rage with millions of people now sporting fitness trackers on their wrists. These devices can...

Credit: Graphic by Juan Perilla CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- It took two years on a supercomputer to simulate 1.2 microseconds in the life of the HIV...

Credit: Earth Observatory of Singapore An international team of scientists digging in a sea cave in Indonesia has discovered the world's most pristine record of...

Credit: Credit: 2017 Oxford Silk Group Microscopic versions of the cocoons spun by silkworms have been manufactured by a team of researchers. The tiny capsules,...

Credit: IBS As open surgery has gradually been replaced by minimally-invasive and image-guided procedures, tissue adhesives are taking the place of sutures and surgical staples....

Decades before people with Alzheimer's disease develop memory loss and confusion, their brains become dotted with plaques made of a sticky protein - called amyloid...

(University of Birmingham) The University of Birmingham is part of a major new €19 million project aimed at breaking new ground for the development of...

Credit: Eric Chevet et al. Information generated by screening tools, readily available therapies and potential pathways to drug development are the cornerstone of informed clinical...

A review of the published literature indicates that erectile dysfunction is common in males with diabetes, affecting more than half of men with the condition...

A new study has found links between certain antibiotics during pregnancy and major congenital malformations in newborns. The study included an analysis of information on...

A new technology may help to non-invasively analyse lung sounds in children and infants at risk of an asthma attack. In a study of 70...

Credit: Children's National Health System Like all of the individual elements of fetal development, palate growth is a marvel of nature. In part of this...

A study has found that antiplatelet drugs, such as aspirin, are often inappropriately prescribed in acutely hospitalized older people. Antiplatelet drugs are typically used to...

Newborn babies instinctively have the ability to crawl to the breast when placed skin-to-skin on the mother's abdomen. New research indicates that a higher temperature...

A recent study found that birth defects among male infants fell below expected values after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The findings suggest...