The Milky Way may be swarming with planets with oceans and continents like here on Earth

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have developed a method that uses AI to map intestinal bacteria using faeces

Studying a 4.45 billion year old Martian meteorite researchers show the presence of water is a bioproduct of planetary formation, and does not require an external source like water-rich asteroids or comets

A new study from the University of Copenhagen shows that people doing hard physical work have a 55-per cent higher risk of developing dementia than those doing sedentary work

Social adversity in early childhood appears to be a significant risk factor for death in early adulthood

Severe depressions require a high dose of antidepressants. However, the high dose may also cause serious side effects

Researchers have succeeded in extracting a complete human genome from a thousands-of-years old "chewing gum." According to the researchers, it is a new untapped source of ancient DNA.

Researchers have gained new insights into how genes are turned on and off and how the cells “forget their past” while developing into a specific cell in the body

Researchers have developed a new method for analyzing the signaling molecules of staphylococci

Researchers have discovered autoreactive cells in persons suffering from narcolepsy

Across Diseases, Women Are Diagnosed Later Than Men

The use of antibiotics has long been linked to deprivation of gut bacteria

Scientists have discovered a previously unknown error in the transport of glutamine in the brains of mice with Huntington’s disease

Water is transported from the blood into the brain via an ion transporter and not by osmosis as was previously speculated, a new study on mice reveals

Researchers appear to have completely blocked the development of obesity, by deleting an enzyme to make it impossible for mice to increase their amount of fat tissue…

People with the “sweet tooth” gene variation of FGF21 tend to have less body fat than others, new research shows

Development of new drugs focuses on just 60% of potential drug targets

Mutation protects against heart disease

Study on twenty obese individuals, shows that if an overweight person is able to maintain an initial weight loss – in this case for a year – the body will eventually ‘accept’ this new weight and thus not fight against it, as is otherwise normally the case when you are in a calorie-deficit state.

Exercise can outweigh harmful effects of air pollution: The study shows that despite the adverse effects of air pollution on health, air pollution should be not perceived as a barrier to exercise in urban areas.