A research team has successfully recreated the structure of wrinkles in biological tissue in vitro, uncovering the mechanisms behind their formation.

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Ancient DNA has provided spectacular insights into human history, particularly in Europe and Asia, where researchers have reconstructed the genomes of thousands of people. However, fewer than two ...

A team of researchers from the University of Cape Town (South Africa) and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary ...

One of this year's coveted Lasker Awards has gone to Zhijian "James" Chen, a scientist behind a key immune-system discovery.

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The University of North Texas Health Science Center announced it was suspending its body donation program and firing the officials who led it.

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A mongoose is a small, dynamic mammal with a long body and short legs ... "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi," in which the titular mongoose saves a human family from villainous cobras. Mongooses are formidable ...

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