Scientists have developed new light-sensitive chemicals that can radically improve the treatment of aggressive cancers with ...

Major breakthrough advances efforts in regenerative medicine UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.— When you press your finger against your skin, the tissue underneath temporarily stiffens to resist the pressure. Cut ...

Collagen, the body's most abundant protein, has long been viewed as a predictable structural component of tissues. However, a new study challenges that notion, revealing an unexpected confirmation in ...

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It guides almost everything we think, feel, and do by allowing the body to process and respond to information. With that said, it’s important to look after it, so here are 10 science-backed ways to ...

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"We have previously had two well-established types of magnetism," study author Oliver Amin, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Nottingham in the U.K., told Live Science ...

“Usually, to get a body composition report, you would need to book a private health assessment or go to a specific venue, which could be quite expensive,” he told Live Science. “But with ...

A lot of this has to do with how our body processes alcohol, breaking it down into potentially cancer-causing substances along the way. Everyone is a little different when it comes to how alcohol ...

The new finding adds evidence that existing measures, such as body mass index or waist circumference, are not adequate to evaluate the risk of heart disease accurately for all people.

They include molecular paleobiologist Beth Shapiro, Colossal’s chief science officer, who is currently on a leave of absence from her role as professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the ...