Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine have developed new technology which, combined with proteomics -- the large-scale study of the structure and function of proteins and their functions

The long search for Herod the Great's tomb has ended with the exposure of the remains of his grave, sarcophagus and mausoleum on Mount Herodium's northeastern slope.

Scientists have developed a novel strategy for tackling neurodegenerative diseases such as Huntington's disease: encouraging an individual's own cells to "eat" the malformed proteins that lead to the disease.

Researchers report that females prefer a male sexual signal that helps them avoid their predators as they sequentially visit and assess potential mates.

Temple University School of Medicine researchers have developed a new biosensor that sniffs out explosives and could one day be used to detect landmines and deadly agents

The country that produced such oddities as the planet’s only egg-laying, duck billed, mammal could also hold the secret to curing cancer, researchers believe.

Realizing a dream articulated in 2003 by renowned biologist E.O. Wilson, Harvard and four partner institutions have launched an ambitious effort to create an Encyclopedia of Life (EOL), an unprecedented project to document online every one of Earth's 1.8

Researchers have produced new DNA evidence that almost certainly confirms the theory that all modern humans have a common ancestry.

Science fiction may soon become science fact.

A decline in bee diversity and abundance linked to habitat loss and disease in Europe together with a 50% drop in the number of managed honeybee colonies throughout North America are part of a global phenomenon known as the ‘pollination crisis’.