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Researchers have uncovered the mechanism that cells use to find and destroy an organelle called mitochondria that, when damaged, may lead to genetic problems, cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, inflammatory disease, and...

Runners who consistently log high mileage show more neuromuscular changes that improve running efficiency than their low-mileage counterparts, according to researchers.

The elimination of elephantiasis disease lymphatic filariasis is nearing closer, report investigators. About one billion people in 54 countries live with threat of disease, which disables victims. The researchers' mathem...

Medicinal chemists have developed experimental antibiotics that kill MRSA, a common and often deadly bacteria that causes skin, lung, and heart infections. The success is due to their strategy, which found a weakness and...

Researchers have identified the signals and exact timing during embryonic development that dictate the fate of skin cells to be sweaty or hairy. Unlike other mammals that must pant or seek shade when overheated, humans a...

Preterm birth -- birth before 37 weeks of pregnancy -- affects up to one in every six births in the United States and many other countries. In a recent study has discovered the critical function of a type of mother's imm...

Scientists have pinpointed specific molecular events that could explain allergic reactions to air pollution. These findings provide a new therapeutic candidate to treat asthma and related respiratory diseases.

The extra pounds you gain during the holidays will not only show up on your hips but will also affect your DNA, concludes a large-scale international study. The study shows that a high BMI leads to epigenetic changes at ...

A video of a giant humanoid robot is exciting, but there are questions about its origins.

People who perceive more discrimination in daily life have higher rates of sleep problems, based on both subjective and objective measures, reports a new study.

Scientists report a new group of monocytes they call SatM. Studies in mice show that SatM may be responsible for causing fibrosis and creates a new drug target for an ailment that has little effective therapies.

Photos on Facebook and Instagram purport to show a humanoid robot 13 feet (4 meters) tall, weighing 1.5 tons, being developed in South Korea. Live Science could not confirm the veracity of the images.

A user-friendly computational tool has been created that rapidly predicts which genes are implicated in an individual's cancer and recommends treatments.

By the time they were 3 years old, ostrich-like dinosaurs called Limusaurus inextricabilis had lost all of their pointy teeth, and lived the rest of their lives as toothless beasts, a new study finds.

In experiments on mice with a form of aggressive brain cancer, researchers have shown that localized chemotherapy delivered directly to the brain rather than given systemically may be the best way to keep the immune syst...

Meet Colo, the oldest gorilla in the world. The western lowland gorilla has lived all her life in Ohio's Columbus Zoo and Aquarium.

New research finds a host of factors that are associated with subsequent risk of adults with mental illness becoming victims or perpetrators of violence. The work highlights the importance of interventions to treat menta...

Researchers have identified the critical target of new immune-checkpoint therapies: subsets of immune cells called tissue resident memory (TRM) T cells. In the same research, scientists also found that individual metasta...

Quantum mechanics dictates sensitivity limits in the measurements of displacement, velocity and acceleration. A recent experiment at the Niels Bohr Institute probes these limits, analyzing how quantum fluctuations set a ...

In a landmark trial, researchers have demonstrated that when treating children between 9 and 23 months of age with antibiotics for ear infections, a shortened course has worse clinical outcomes without reducing the risk ...

New images captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show small, erosion-carved cracks in Red Planet sand dunes. The features may be infant versions of similar-looking but larger Martian channel-networks that have b...

To assist a child we must provide him with an environment which will enable him to develop freely. -Maria Montessori There's a kindergarten I walk past on the way to work, and I can't help but peek inside everyday. The c...