The makeup of bacteria and other microbes in the gut may have a direct association with dementia risk, according to preliminary research.

The rise in temperatures stemming from climate change may increase the number of US infants born with congenital heart defects between 2025 and 2035. The greatest percentage increases in the number of..

Researchers thought they might have finally uncovered evidence of new physics, which could be a sign of dark matter particles, but a recent improvement of the measurement by the CMS collaboration prod..

Engineers have designed an ingestible, Jell-O-like pill that, upon reaching the stomach, quickly swells to the size of a soft, squishy ping-pong ball big enough to stay in the stomach for an extended ..

With their first ever RNA-based inducible system for switching on genes in the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans, two researchers have closed a significant gap in the research on and usage of genetic s..

at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have experimented with a new adaptive treatment strategy for Internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy (ICBT) that identifies patients within the first month w..

Scientists have discovered how proteins that regulate gene transcription can scan and bind the genome efficiently.

The benefits of vitamin D in promoting bone health are already well known. A new study suggests that vitamin D also may promote greater insulin sensitivity, thus lowering glucose levels and the risk o..

A much debated ancient human skull from Mongolia has been dated and genetically analyzed, showing that it is the earliest modern human yet found in the region, according to new research.

Getting a mammogram before breast reduction surgery is not required or recommended. But thousands of younger women with no known breast cancer risk still get them, a new study shows.