Gut microbiota influences the ability to lose weight in humans, according to new research.

The ability of cognitive control allows humans to override the brain’s impulses and also plays a role in making moral decisions.

Chatting with a robot is now part of many families' daily lives, thanks to conversational agents such as Apple's Siri or Amazon's Alexa.

Most of the cells in our bodies – be they bone, muscle or pancreas cells – are locked into the right place with the help of tiny anchors.

A new study at Tel Aviv University found that eosinophils - a type of white blood cells - are recruited to the battle against cancer.

Researchers at Temple University have been developing and refining CRISPR-based gene-editing technology for the treatment of HIV.

Men’s sleep may be more powerfully influenced by the lunar cycle than women’s, according to a new study from Uppsala University

Researchers show that an enzyme complex named HTC (hydride transfer complex) can inhibit cells from aging.

Exciting new research has revealed that a drop in atmospheric carbon dioxide caused a dramatic cooling 133 million years ago

Since DNA has only two strands, performing even a simple calculation requires multiple chemical reactions using different sets of DNA.

Texas A&M researchers have a novel idea to capture waste from passenger vehicle exhaust for use in urban greenhouses for food production.

LEARNER allows health data from many sources to be used to train an AI model without actually sharing any of the sensitive data.

Study links healthy plant-based foods with lower risks of getting of COVID-19 and of having severe disease after infection.

Titanokorys was a giant compared to most animals that lived in the seas at that time, most of which barely reached the size of a finger.

Statistics from the CDC show that obesity affects more than 40% of American adults, placing them at higher risk for heart disease and stroke

An antioxidant drug reverses atherosclerosis and could be used to prevent heart attacks and strokes due to clots.

Walking at least 7,000 steps a day reduced middle-aged people’s risk of premature death from all causes by 50% to 70%, but walking more...

Spectacular ice age landscapes beneath the North Sea have been discovered using 3D seismic reflection technology.

An international team of researchers has generated an entire virtual universe, and made it freely available on the cloud to everyone.

A new study suggests that those who engage in regular exercise may lower their risk of developing anxiety by almost 60%.