Neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, affect more than 6.4 million Americans, according to the Harvard NeuroDiscovery Center. That number may double in the next 30 years as the population ages, unless medical researchers figure out what's happening at a cellular and molecular level and develop ways to treat or prevent these debilitating conditions.

Five University of Guelph discoveries are being recognized as life-changing breakthroughs by the Council of Ontario Universities (COU).

A pair of genetics researchers at Iowa State University found striking patterns in the building blocks of DNA in a wide variety of species, according to their recently published paper.

If you’re allergic to natural rubber latex, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has good news for you: in the future, you are less likely to be misinformed about the absence of this allergen in such products as medical devices. To avoid false assurances about this hazard to your health, FDA is recommending to manufacturers to stop using the labels “latex-free” or “does not contain latex.”

Simulations dispute dogma: rocky planets may orbit double stars.

Calling all entrepreneurial researchers, scientists and engineers! Dolomite and Lab on a Chip are seeking novel, microfluidics-based concepts with commercial potential for the Productizing Science Competition 2015. To make sure you don’t miss the chance to drive your microfluidics innovation forwards, simply submit your entry before the April 30th deadline.

A one thousand year old Anglo-Saxon remedy for eye infections which originates from a manuscript in the British Library has been found to kill the modern-day superbug MRSA in an unusual research collaboration at The University of Nottingham.

Researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas have created new structures that exploit the electromechanical properties of specific nanofibers to stretch to up to seven times their length, while remaining tougher than Kevlar.

University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have developed simple but effective techniques to prevent sophisticated malware from secretly attacking smartphones. This new malware defense WAS presented Mar. 26 at the IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications, or PerCom, in St. Louis.

Astronomers using observations from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory have found that dark matter does not slow down when colliding with each other. This means that it interacts with itself even less than previously thought. Researchers say this finding narrows down the options for what this mysterious substance might be.

Previously top-secret semiconductor technology zooms through organs of the human body, down to the level of a single cell

In the war against Ebola, Cornell University – along with partners International Personnel Protection Inc (IPP) and protective apparel manufacturer Kappler Inc. – will rethink, reimagine and re-engineer protective suits for health care workers on the front lines battling the life-threatening contagion.