Taking cannabinoids during pregnancy can cause behavioral and neuronal deficits in adult male offspring, while females remain unaffected, says new research.

Using fMRI scans of a brain region called the anterior insula, researchers have discovered that people who donated a kidney to an anonymous recipient were more sensitive to a stranger's fear and ..

Researchers have provided new insight on the mechanics of a virus that causes severe diarrhea and sickness in young children.

Differences in the DNA within the mitochondria, the energy-producing structures within cells, can determine the severity and progression of heart disease caused by a nuclear DNA mutation. When combine..

New research finds that showing compassion to subordinates almost always pays off, especially when combined with the enforcement of clear goals and benchmarks.

In a clinical trial stem cells extracted from children's baby teeth were used to regrow the living tissue in teeth damaged by injury. The promising findings highlight the potential of dental stem..

Bleaching events caused by rising water temperatures could increase mortality among a coral species already threatened by disease, says new research.

Gilding is the process of coating intricate artifacts with precious metals. Ancient Egyptians and Chinese coated their sculptures with thin metal films using gilding. Scientists inspired by this ancie..

Researchers have clarified questions surrounding estrogen's role in breast cancer, which could lead to more precise treatments for ER-positive breast cancers.

Scientists have long feared that as Earth warms, tropical peatlands — which store up to 10 percent of the planet's soil carbon — could dry out, decay and release vast pools of carbon dioxide an..