A study conducted by the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (Cenieh) refutes the similarities between the teeth of modern Asians and the Denisovans.

Skin biopsies are no fun: doctors carve away small lumps of tissue for laboratory testing, leaving patients with painful wounds that can take weeks to heal. Researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology are now developing a low-cost handheld device that could cut the rate of unnecessary biopsies in half.

Among hospital patients in Japan, those with a history of even moderate drinking were more likely to have cancer compared to nondrinkers, according to a new study.

Plants can’t speak up when they are thirsty. And visual signs, such as shriveling or browning leaves, don’t start until most of their water is gone. To detect water loss earlier, researchers reporting in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces have created a wearable sensor for plant leaves.

Researchers at the City University of Hong Kong, China have developed a novel tool for specifically recognizing unusual four-strand RNA structures associated with diseases such as cancer and neurological disorders. The findings could help develop new therapeutic tools for related treatments.

Space scientists at the University of Leicester have explained in a study that unexpected changes have occurred in Neptune’s atmospheric temperature since the past two decades and that Neptune is now cooler than they had thought.

Over the last decade, several high-profile scientific studies have reported that tropical fish living in coral reefs are adversely affected by ocean acidification caused by climate change. But now new research suggests that isn't the case.

Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a noninvasive sound technology which has the potential to partially destroy liver tumors in rats which leads to destroying the remaining tumor with the help of the immune system. This also enables to stop the cancer cells from spreading further. The study could lead to enhanced cancer outcomes in humans.

Researchers have discovered a rare gene mutation to leads to improvement rather than loss of function. An increase in the transmission at the synapses improves cognitive functions — but also comes at a cost.

With the help of color-changing fibers, MIT researchers develop a mathematical model to predict a knot’s stability. With this model, it should be possible to look at two knots that are almost identical, and be able to say which is the better one.