Recent studies on the genetic differences between bird sex chromosomes reveal a tiny gene crucial for male survival.

Researchers at University of Warwick have identified modifiable social factors that help preterm children (8% of all births) ...

Speaking is one of the most complicated things a human can do. Before you even say a word, your brain has to translate what you want to say into a perfectly sequenced set of instructions to the dozens ...

University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers Ukpong Eyo, PhD (from left); William Mills III, PhD; and graduate ...

Premature menopause has been described as a life-changing diagnosis with profound physical, psychological, and social consequences. Affected women not only experience the effects of estrogen ...

Human eggs are some of the most patient cells in the body, lying dormant for decades until needed. A study published today in The EMBO Journal shows that the cells deliberately slow the activity of ...

A new international research project featuring faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York reveals that ...

MSK researchers found low levels of STING activation (orange) in ovarian cancers with high levels of whole-genome duplication (left) compared to those with low levels (right). This revealed how genome ...

This is HOPS-315, a baby star where astronomers have observed evidence for the earliest stages of planet formation. The image was taken with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), in ...

The machine learning model was able to predict the aggressiveness of certain types of tumors based on specific proteins ...

A Thai elephant checks out a cattle brush in an experiment showing that elephants living near farms are more interested in exploring unfamiliar objects — a curiosity that may put them in harm’s way.

Drexel University researchers are developing building materials— inspired by the vacsculature found in elephant and jackrabbit ears — that can contribute to energy efficient thermal regulation of ...