Humans, who evolved to live many decades after they stopped reproducing, also evolved to be relatively active in their later years.

The device, worn on the stomach like an insulin pump, senses when a person stops breathing and moving, and injects a lifesaving antidote.

Life-threatening bacteria are becoming ever more resistant to antibiotics, making the search for alternatives to antibiotics urgent.

Researchers have developed a novel vaccine that in guinea pigs offers protection against infection by the bacterium that causes Lyme disease

When it comes to your health, being willing to give social support to your spouse, friends and family may be just as important as receiving.

Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas are investigating the use of whole-cell vaccines to fight urinary tract infection (UTI).

When Jimi Hendrix's guitar solos are pounding out of the speakers—can you see Hendrix posing with his guitar?

Many aging studies are developing strategies to increase health spans, the period of life spent with good health, without chronic diseases.

Most solar cells are currently silicon based; however, their efficiency is limited. This has prompted researchers to examine new materials.

When Earth formed 4.5 billion years ago, any phosphorus that was present likely sank into the molten core due to the element's properties.

NASA and the nation's top federal nuclear research lab on Friday put out a request for proposals for a fission surface power system.

White people who received training in mindfulness meditation were three times more likely to help a Black person in staged scenarios.

Throughout evolution sleep has remained universal and essential to all organisms with a nervous system.

Researchers have demonstrated for the first time one way that a small molecule turns a single cell into something as large as a tree

Student has invented a poverty-busting and time-saving manual washing machine so that women or children don’t have to spend 20 hours a week

Computer scientists have developed a tool that will increase protections for users’ private data while they browse the web.

Researchers caught liars at an unprecedented accuracy of 73% by measuring the movements of facial muscles with groundbreaking electrode tech

Synthetic neurological data created using generative adversarial networks could speed up training of brain-computer interfaces.

Gene-editing technology was tested on seven volunteers to see if it could treat severe visual impairment and enabling them to see colours.

A cold trap refers to a pocket on the surface of a solid body in which volatile gases can accrue and remain still for long periods of time.