What’s lurking in your freezer: a lasagne or deep-frozen pizza? Conservationists rely on freezers too – but they run much ...

Brookfield Zoo in Chicago, USA, has announced the creation of the world's first frozen blood bank for animals. Veterinarian ...

In nature, survival often depends on smart tricks and hidden abilities. While humans replace old skin cells quietly and ...

Organic” and “natural” are terms that initially sound good–and are associated with natural and cruelty-free ingredients in ...

Tick-borne encephalitis virus can infect the nervous system and cause life-threatening illness. Finding the cellular gateway ...

For years, the pancreas has been being taught in biology class as an easy system: insulin lowers blood sugar, and glucagon ...

A Milwaukee teen is accused of shooting at police officers who had been called to help after concerns about a possible dog ...

A natural compound present in the brain shows promise in reducing stroke damage by protecting the blood-brain barrier and lowering inflammation. DMT, short for dimethyltryptamine, is a naturally ...

Like most vertebrates, humans only have one heart, which is usually located near the front and middle of the chest, slightly ...

Place cells are specialized neurons in a brain region known as the hippocampus, which have been found to fire when animals ...

They derive their energy from differences in the concentration of hydrogen ions across some of these membranes ...

Lab-grown brain cells improved stroke recovery in mice by repairing circuits and reducing damage. Human trials could follow within 5–7 years.