An intrepid team of scientists has created ‘smart underwear’ to measure human flatulence in a bid to better understand our ...

Dashiell Hammett mentioned Sam Spade's jutting chin in the opening sentence of his novel, "The Maltese Falcon." Spade's chin ...

Humans might benefit from Dr Frank’s research. He has found a trove of 70 compounds, including 20 proteins, with antimicrobial and wound-healing properties. He notes that some might be useful against ...

Why does the same virus barely faze one person while sending another to the hospital? New research shows the answer lies in a molecular record etched into our immune cells by both our genes and our ...

Ticks are perhaps scary for their bloodsucking nature, and there are quite a few other insects that look like them. However, those insects are quite different.

Scientists discover how yellow fever and encephalitis viruses enter human cells, and block them with decoy molecules.

There are steps people can take to protect themselves. Experts issue warning as risk of dangerous disease increases in US ...

The secret to youthful appearance and repairing scars may lie in a microscopic skin structure humans share with pigs and ...

Researchers say they believe they've documented the first known death from alpha-gal syndrome — a red meat allergy caused by tick bites. The findings, by researchers at the University of Virginia ...