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New OCT technique provides better 3-D imaging of the cellular structure of the eye. Credit: Copyright MedUni Vienna Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is a high-resolution live...

Chocolate as a medical aid? Credit: BYU Photo What if eating chocolate helped prevent and treat diabetes? It's crazy enough to laugh off. But...

Researchers studied the impact of a high salt diet on heart failure risk. Credit: © Sea Wave / Fotolia High salt intake is associated with a...

Eating both bland (left panel) and delicious (right panel) meals triggered significant opioid release in the brain. Credit: Turku PET Centre Finnish researchers have revealed how...

Skull reconstruction of Lagenanectes richterae. Credit: Jahn Hornung A previously unrecognized 132 million-year-old fossilized sea monster from northern Germany has been identified by an international team...

Skeleton of Ichthyosaurus. Credit: Copyright Dean R. Lomax Scientists from the UK and Germany have discovered the largest Ichthyosaurus on record and found it was pregnant...

Goldenrod can detect a compound produced by gall-inducing flies, according to researchers. Credit: Nick Sloff, Penn State It cannot run away from the fly...

Ringing in ears keeps brain more at attention, less at rest, study finds Tinnitus, a chronic ringing or buzzing in the ears, has...

Solenodon, a bizarre venomous mammal from the Caribbean, survived extinction due to its generalist ecology. Credit: Photo by Alexis Mychajliw Animals that live on...

Nacho Vivas, lab manager at the Rey Lab, checks on a group of germ-free mice inside a sterile environment. Credit: Bryce Richter/UW-Madison "Gut bacteria...

Drinking four cups of coffee each day can be part of a healthy diet in healthy people, new research suggests. Credit: © dubova...