Accurate and timely diagnosis of the tropic disease visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is one of the pillars for reducing VL deaths. Currently available serological tests for diagnosing VL vary widely in the..

A new animal study explores an alternative sirtuin-based therapy to block the development of obesity and cardiomyopathy under conditions of excess nutrition, when diet restriction and regular exercise..

The 165-million-year-old fossil of Microdocodon gracilis, a tiny, shrew-like animal, shows the earliest example of modern hyoid bones in mammal evolution.

A computational simulation suggests that insects may be capable of using the properties of light from the sky to determine their compass direction with an error of less than two degrees.

Aging men with low testosterone levels who take testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) are at a slightly greater risk of experiencing an ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attack (TIA), or myocardial..

Having healthy gut flora — the trillions of bacteria housed in our intestines — could lower the risk of infection following knee and hip replacement surgeries, while an unhealthy intestinal flora ma..

Researchers have developed an automated, robotic training device that allows mice to learn at their leisure. The technology stands to further neuroscience research by allowing researchers to train ani..

With high-energy X-rays, such as those that will be produced by the upgrade to Argonne's Advanced Photon Source comes a potential hitch — the more penetrating the X-rays are, the higher a likeli..

Researchers embarked on a study to investigate whether early changes in energy-related metabolites in the blood — measured shortly after chemotherapy — could be used to identify patients who develop..

Researchers are beginning to understand why some alligators develop stronger hearts after enduring low oxygen during early development in the egg.