Sleep difficulties may be linked to faster rates of decline in brain volume, according to a study published in the September 3, 2014, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Acoustic device that separates tumor cells from blood cells could help assess cancer’s spread

A building’s indoor air quality, known as IAQ—and now broadened to indoor environmental quality (IEQ)—has been a major issue in buildings since the early 1980s.

 Home Microbiome Project announces results of study on household microbes

Research from University of Leicester sniffs-out smell of disease in feces.

Recently identified cell-cycle controls are targets for new drugs that fight infections by shutting down division.

Antibody therapy could fight second-most deadly strain of virus.

Precise, gentle and efficient cell separation from a device the size of a cell phone may be possible thanks to tilt-angle standing surface acoustic waves, according to a team of engineers.

About 400 million years ago a group of fish began exploring land and evolved into tetrapods – today's amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. But just how these ancient fish used their fishy bodies and fins in a terrestrial environment and what evolutionary processes were at play remain scientific mysteries.

Study also confirms presence of genetic variation in alcohol-dependent patient population.

Los Alamos and partners test ionic liquids to break bacterial biofilm layer and save lives.

Citing concern about suspected threats to the health of humans and wildlife, the European Union’s Marie Curie European Industrial Doctorate program has awarded a €1.2 million research grant to four early-stage researchers from Asia, Australia and Europe to study the environmental effects of one of the most common types of flame retardants.