Fruit flies, mice, zebrafish, yeast and the tiny worm C. elegans are model organisms that have carried modern biology on ...

A new study by Stanford University found that mathematical learning disability extends beyond basic number processing to include metacognitive processes.

A novel method to manipulate the inner structure of cells connects several scientific fields and could represent a ...

We often treat learning as something that can be accessed with enough motivation and discipline. But learning depends on something more basic: whether the nervous system is in a state that allows for ...

Scientists have identified a crucial molecular switch that decides whether pancreatic cancer cells resist chemotherapy or respond to it. The key player, a gene called GATA6, keeps tumours in a more ...

Duke Health researchers found small RNA molecules known as piRNAs can accurately predict whether older adults are likely to survive at least two more years.

Scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School have identified a molecular "switch" that determines whether pancreatic cancer cells resist chemotherapy or respond to it—a finding that could help convert some ...

The science writer delves into the vast subject of consciousness in his new book A World Appears – and draws some surprising conclusions, finds Grace Wade ...

MRI scans of over 600 Finnish adults found that nearly all had frayed, torn or otherwise abnormal rotator cuffs — yet most ...

Researchers have been studying tens of thousands of proteins and even more variations without a yardstick to compare their ...

A new study finds a link between early eating and lifelong brain health, suggesting that consuming unhealthy foods during ...