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Human inner ear organoid with sensory hair cells (cyan) and sensory neurons (yellow). An antibody for the protein CTBP2 reveals cell nuclei as well...

WiGait uses wireless signals to continuously measure a person's walking speed. Credit: Jason Dorfman, MIT CSAIL We've long known that breathing, blood pressure, body temperature and...

An atomic force microscope allowed researchers a chance to take a much closer look at how microfibrils -- hair-like fibers made of cellulose that...

Predicted probabilities of remission for each treatment at different levels of body mass index (BMI). Credit: Personalized Medicine in Psychiatry Selecting the antidepressant that will be...

Ten patients have been cured of the Hepatitis C virus following lifesaving kidney transplants from deceased donors who were infected with the disease. (Stock...

Considered a hormone rather than a vitamin, vitamin D is produced when skin is exposed to sunlight. Vitamin D receptors are found in virtually...

Scientists have demonstrated that HIV-1 replication can be completely shut down and the virus eliminated from infected cells in animals with a powerful gene...

A new, unknown clam of the genus Corbicula is the third to reach the US from Asia. Credit: Graphic by Danielle Ruffatto They found it in...

This is a golden orb-weaver spider (Nephila clavipes). Credit: Matjaz Kuntner, Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts Spider silks, the stuff of spider webs, are a...

Illustration based on computer model shows how the hanging wall (right) of a thrust fault can twist away from the foot wall (left) during...

Confocal immunofluorescence images showing the tiled arrangements of serotonergic neurons in the hippocampus of a normal mouse (left), and the uneven spacing and clumping...