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A novel looping mechanism that involves the end caps of DNA may help explain the aging of cells and how they initiate and transmit disease,...

Engineers have transformed the genome of the bacterium E. coli into a long-term storage device for memory. They envision that this stable, erasable, and easy-to-retrieve...

Is it possible to change the amount of information the brain can store? Maybe, according to a new international study led by the Research Institute...

Stanching the free flow of blood from an injury remains a holy grail of clinical medicine. Controlling blood flow is a primary concern and first...

A University of Utah study of two African tribes found evidence that men evolved better navigation ability than women because men with better spatial skills...

In an unexpected mashup of financial and mechanical engineering, researchers have discovered that the same modeling used to forecast fluctuations in the stock market can...

An electronic "tongue" could one day sample food and drinks as a quality check before they hit store shelves. Or it could someday monitor water...

Medicine is drifting towards a major problem. An increasing number of bacteria is no longer sensitive to known antibiotics. Doctors urgently need to find new...

For detecting cancer, manual breast exams seem low-tech compared to other methods such as MRI. But scientists are now developing an "electronic skin" that "feels"...

The loss of eyesight, often caused by retinal degeneration, is a life-altering health issue for many people, especially as they age. But a new development...

New Weizmann Institute research may bring the idea of sleep learning one step closer to reality. The research, which appeared today in The Journal of...

Researchers have developed a potential new weapon in the fight against cancer: a daisy-shaped drug carrier that’s many thousands of times smaller than the period...

It sounds like something from the scene in Star Wars where Master Yoda instructs the young Luke Skywalker to use the force to release his...

People with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) are at increased risk of converting to Alzheimer's disease within a few years, but a new study warns the...

Imagine being able to recognize your car as your own but never being able to remember where you parked it. Researchers at University of California,...