Dementia is a group of diseases that involve having trouble with memory, thinking, reasoning and other brain functions. It is often associated with "neurodegeneration," meaning processes that destroy ...

Researchers recently discovered a huge chain of extinct volcanoes buried deep below South China that formed when two tectonic ...

Researchers have unveiled an ancient Egyptian handprint that was left on a soul house tomb offering 4,000 years ago.

Mitochondria are not just the powerhouses of the cell — they are the immune system's watchtowers, alert to even the faintest metabolic signals of bacterial invaders. As researchers' understanding of ...

Astronomers have detected a puzzling 'unicorn' object that's speeding up rather than slowing down, contrary to the laws of ...

Researchers have found a way to make the chip design and manufacturing process much easier — by tapping into a hybrid blend ...

The Solar Dynamics Observatory saw a lunar transit and an Earth eclipse on July 25 — the first when the moon passed between it and the sun, and another when Earth did the same.