Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute have developed a drug that could help to treat osteoporosis and other bone-related conditions, including diabetes and obesity through the investigation of a protein called PPARG and its effects on bone marrow stem cells.
Evolution may be to blame for a certain agricultural pest that began plaguing apple growers in the 1850s.
There may be a new way to fight cancer: cinnamon. Scientists have found that a compound derived from cinnamon may be an inhibitor of colorectal cancer in mice.
Gonorrhea is becoming a re-emerging problem as antibiotic-resistant superbugs are beginning to take hold in areas like the United States and Canada. Yet New findings published in the journal Science reveal hope for the sexually transmitted disease that can infect the genitals, rectum and throat and ...
Some species just can't take the heat, and underground ants are one of them. Scientists have found that certain army ant species that live in tropical forests are ill-suited to high temperatures.
There are new calculations that may improve our ability to "see" CO2 from space.
We may be entering the "golden age" of animal tracking. Animals wearing new tagging and tracking devices are giving scientists a real-time look at their behavior and the environmental health of the planet.
As infectious diseases increase worldwide, it's important to find out what may reduce instances of these diseases. Now, scientists may have figured out a way: biodiversity.
As more and more carbon is released into the atmosphere, temperatures heat up. Now, though, scientists have warned that cutting these emissions may have indirect effects on the world's food supply.
Rosetta's famed lander, Philae, has woken up again after seven months in hibernation on the surface of the Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. This signals the continuation of Philae's mission on this comet.
Your brain shrinks with age, but that doesn't mean that your thinking slows down. Scientists have found that while the brain shrinks, cell density should remain constant to protect against cognitive impairment.
Scientists may have discovered a genetic switch that determines whether germ cells become sperm or eggs. The findings may tell researchers a bit more about reproduction.
