Tanning beds promise a quick glow, but a new study says the real cost is written deep into your skin. Researchers have found ...

Accutane, known generically as isotretinoin, is not simply a strong acne medication. It is a systemic retinoid that ...

In the current study, published today in the journal Nature Biotechnology, Cheng and his colleagues created an exosome system ...

Fingerprints make humans unique, but what about animals? Here's what we know. The post Did You Know? These Animals Have ...

Defecation is commonly treated as a universal feature of animal life, a visible outcome of digestion and metabolic turnover.

As more brands and fashion weeks, including New York, ban fur, the animal rights organisation People for the Ethical ...

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While people swear by their favorite home remedies, most—including the three described above—remain unproved. Every now and then, however, a piece of folklore is scientifically validated. Sometimes ...

A new kind of microscope is giving scientists a way to watch life inside cells with a clarity that feels almost unfair.

By promoting blood vessel growth and tissue remodeling while keeping inflammation low and reducing capsular contracture, the ...

Life begins with a single fertilized cell that gradually transforms into a multicellular organism. This process requires ...

To derive blood pressure, the device measures the time-of-flight between ultrasound echoes reflected from the anterior and ...