Cancer and Alzheimer's disease are two of the most feared diagnoses in medicine, but they rarely strike the same person.

Many spine-bearing creatures, or vertebrates, have a curious bit of tissue deep in their brains called the pineal gland. It ...

Assessing the toxicity of food contaminants—including carcinogenic potential—is a major challenge in evaluating the risks ...

Study led by Union Square Medical Associates finds ongoing infection despite antibiotic treatment. When patients remain ...

When large concepts are broken into small chunks—and learned through hands-on activities—students find confidence to tackle new challenges.

If there were ever an animal that seemed built for space, it might be the water bear. Also known as tardigrades, these microscopic creatures already s.

In tight spaces that trap most microbes, one bacterium keeps moving by reconfiguring how it swims, revealing a new biological ...

Microscopy revealing the internal scaffolding structure in the skin (gold) and neurons (cyan) of C. elegans roundworms.(Photo credit: The University ...

New research challenges the century-old practice of mapping the brain based on how tissue looks under a microscope. By analyzing electrical signals from thousands of neurons in mice, scientists ...

Assessing the toxicity of food contaminants—including carcinogenic potential—is a major challenge in evaluating the risks associated with exposure. In ...