A team of researchers from the four research centers — Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow State University, National University of Science and…
When Robert Koch discovered the tuberculosis pathogen more than 100 years ago he was using a Zeiss microscope equipped with an immersion lens developed by…
Scientists have many tools at their disposal for looking at preserved tissue under a microscope in incredible detail, or peering into the living body at lower…
Since newly formed neurons were discovered in the hippocampus more than 20 years ago, scientists have identified the many roles they play in learning and…
Patients with a rare, genetic form of diabetes often are misdiagnosed as having type 2 diabetes because the two share symptoms.
Factors that can combine to produce a Zika virus outbreak are expected to be present in a number of U.S. cities during peak summer months, new research shows.
Carrots and apples not only taste different. They make distinct sounds when chewed.
Psoriasis is a chronic autoimmune disorder that affects 2% of the world population and more than one million people in Spain. It is characterised by…
The antimicrobial arsenal that we count on to save millions of lives each year is alarmingly thin–and these microbes are rapidly evolving resistance to our…
Type 1 diabetes affects 30,000 individuals throughout Germany and is the most common metabolic disease in children and adolescents. To halt the ever-increasing…
Bioengineers and physicians at the University of California, San Diego have developed a potential new therapy for critical limb ischemia, a condition that…
Significantly overweight people have a particularly large number of white fat cells but in contrast, they lack brown fat cells. The white cells are responsible…
The HI virus triggers the immunodeficiency disease AIDS. The infection has a chronic course – the immune system is not able to get rid of the pathogen. This is…
A new study finds significant differences between the blood clot structure in adults and newborns, helping researchers better understand the challenges in…
Small numbers are processed in the right side of the brain, while large numbers are processed in the left side of the brain, new research suggests.
Now, after years of effort by manufacturers and researchers, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and collaborators have demonstrated a…