Different types of antibodies are produced by your immune system. These five antibodies help fight disease by detecting viruses, bacteria, and other pathogens (disease-causing microorganisms) and ...

In 1895, when German physics professor Wihelm Röntgen was experimenting with cathode rays, he accidentally discovered what we know today as X-rays. Realizing the technology could benefit the medical ...

Researchers have developed a smartphone app that uses machine learning to accurately determine body composition—which is ...

Scientists are proposing the creation of “bodyoids” — lab-grown human bodies — to help solve critical medical challenges ...

Researchers at WashU Medicine have harnessed the internal circadian clock of the body to deliver medication for an ...

Space changes the human body in many ways. From bone loss to bloated faces, here's how microgravity and radiation affect the ...

Astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have returned to Earth after a nine-month-long stay at the International Space Station (ISS). The two astronauts flew to the orbital lab in June last ...

Bone and muscle deterioration, radiation exposure, vision impairment—these are just a few of the challenges space travelers face on long-duration missions, even before considering the ...

Spending time in space and having an unrivalled view of planet Earth is an experience many of us dream of. However, the human body evolved to function in the gravity of Earth. So time in the ...

Facial growth stops at puberty in Homo sapiens. Humans differ from chimpanzees and Neanderthals in how their faces grow. In ...

Trillions of bacteria occupy human bodies, from head to toe, inside and out, forming a microbiome that is as personal as a ...