Chinese toddler Hanhan was born with a rare congenital disorder known as hydrocephalus, a condition in which the brain fills with cerebrospinal fluids that are unable to properly drain from the skull; this has left the young girl's head three time's its normal size. Yet fortunately, doctor's have be...
Peanuts are big business. And now, scientists are taking a closer look at how to make them better for peanut butter and other peanut products.
The tropical Andes may be in trouble. Scientists have provided the first robust assessment of climate change impacts on extinction risk in the tropical Andes.
Scientists have taken a closer look at the "heart" of Pluto and have found that it's a geologically active area that's no more than 100 million years old.
What keeps our oceans cool? Marine plankton apparently does the job.
Did you know proteins can be removed from surfaces by simply exposing them to light and a reusable titania template?
Restaurant food may be just as unhealthy as meals at some fast-food joints, according to recent findings published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
People who deal with tinnitus have what's oftentimes described as a "phantom" ringing in the ears that may be constant in some suffering from the health issue. Yet new findings published in the journal JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery suggest that some patients may benefit from a treatment th...
New findings published in the journal Nature Communications have found new evidence of enzyme deficiency in lymphomas.
Health officials are still working to understand diseases like autism and schizophrenia as well as how they affect the development of the brain. New research published in the journal Cell reveals that a larger head size--or macrocephaly--is oftentimes seen in children with severe autism spectrum dis...
Forty-four years since the experiment first took place, a new movie on the extremely controversial study hits the big screen.
A "massless" particle could give rise to faster and more efficient electronics. Scientists have discovered a particle that has the unusual ability to behave as matter and antimatter inside a crystal.
