Engineers at MIT have devised an ingenious new way to produce artificial muscles for soft robots that can flex in more than ...

Mitochondria are the powerhouses in our cells, producing the energy for all vital processes. Using cryo-electron tomography, researchers have now gained insight into the architecture of mitochondria ...

Herpes hides in the trigeminal nerves that stretch to the eyes, nose, and mouth, where it commonly produces a cold sore or fever blister. It’s spread through tears and saliva. Stress and a compromised ...

El Salvador's notorious maximum-security Terrorism Confinement Center is harsh, dangerous and cruel. And that's just what its ...

Unorthodox biologist Michael Levin says cognition lies on a spectrum and that what humans perceive as consciousness could ...

Mice are one of the species that we know experience infantile amnesia. And, thanks to over a century of research on mice, we have some sophisticated genetic tools that allow us to explore what's ...

Bacteria have mostly been portrayed as villains that make us sick, but the Human Microbiome Project showed that we share our ...

Since it was first identified in 2012, the World Health Organization (WHO) says there have been a total of 2,618 confirmed ...

Researchers have found that some cells form new multicellular structures with functions that defy their original biological ...

Families and lawyers fear for the deportees who may face indefinite detention in a prison known for human rights abuses.

Oranges are a citrus fruit known for their immune-boosting properties, due to their high vitamin C content. However, there ...

I, Juanita Goebertus, declare the following under 28 U.S.C. § 1746, and state that ...