Scientists have — for the first time — developed an efficient way to make organic molecules that have so far been difficult to synthesize because of their overall bulky structure and general instabi..

Scleroderma is a connective tissue disease that hardens the skin and scars the organs. Older men with scleroderma had higher estrogen levels than healthy older men or postmenopausal women with sclerod..

European eels consume their own skeletons as they swim 6,000 kilometers to their spawning grounds. The process is depositing toxic metals in the eels' reproductive organs, threatening their survi..

Cells harbor molecular clocks that generate a circadian oscillation of about 24 h. The cyanobacterial circadian rhythm is regulated by three clock proteins. Researchers have revealed a sophisticated m..

To fully understand why breast cancer spreads, or metastasizes, you must also consider the how. That's what researchers in a biophysics and imaging laboratory in the School of Science at IUPUI di..

A highly distinctive (weird-looking) group of rodents sometimes called 'tweezer-beaked hopping rats' love earthworms. Armed with this knowledge (and worms), the scientists discovered two new..

Consumers who get a web-based product or mobile app for free are more likely to give it a word-of-mouth boost than a product they buy, suggesting they feel 'one good turn deserves another.'

Researchers have developed a unique technique that uses stem cells and flexible implantable bone-stabilizing plates to help speed the healing of large breaks or defects.

Public health experts are calling for local directors of public health to provide visible leadership to address the recent systematic deterioration of vaccine coverage levels.

We know bees get the concept of zero and can do basic math. Now researchers have discovered they may also be capable of connecting symbols to numbers. It's a finding that sheds new light on how n..