An HIV vaccine may be closer to becoming a reality. A team of researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have identified a powerful antibody in the...
A new experimental and clinical study from Lund University in Sweden shows that the sleep hormone melatonin impairs insulin secretion in people with a common gene...
Multiple outlets reported that about 150 scientists met at Harvard University Medical School on Tuesday to discuss creating a synthetic human genome using chemicals to manufacture...
Sarthak Dasadia, a physics doctoral student at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, recently identified a massive shock wave emanating from a merging galaxy cluster known...
After sequencing the mitochondrial genome of the Hispaniolan solenodon, scientists confirmed that the endangered venomous mammal diverged from all other living mammals some 78 million years...
A new study sheds light on the genetic composition of early modern humans, who arrived in Europe about 45,000 years ago and lived for millennia alongside...
An international team of scientists said Monday they had discovered a trio of Earth-like planets that are the best bet so far for finding life outside...
Quantum computers have the potential to break common cryptography techniques, search huge datasets and simulate quantum systems in a fraction of the time it would take...
For women who have undergone mastectomy for breast cancer, breast reconstruction using the abdominal “DIEP flap” provides good long-term quality of life (QOL)—similar to that of...
A new study suggests that human activity is having a devastating effect on oxygen levels in the world’s oceans, and could cause parts of the Pacific Ocean to...