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Why middle-class black women dread the doctor’s office

fly brain

Thanks to rapid, 3D imaging, anyone can tour the fly brain

ProCas9

Giving Cas9 an ‘on’ switch for better control of CRISPR gene editing

Minority Ph.D. students in STEM fare better...

January 9, 2019

graphic of human body showing tumor in liver

Drug sponge could minimize side effects of cancer...

January 9, 2019

A grey-colored sits on an illustration of a brain

Wireless ‘pacemaker for the brain’ could be new...

December 31, 2018

Artificial intelligence and laptop

Advancement of artificial intelligence opens health...

December 21, 2018

Another literary win against the stigma of mental...

December 11, 2018

image of microbes in fly gut

Social interactions among gut microbes shape our...

December 10, 2018

the yin and yang of dopamine

Dopamine’s yin-yang personality: It’s an upper...

December 10, 2018

Gecko running over water.

Acrobatic geckos can even race on water’s surface

December 6, 2018

A photo of a supermarket beauty aisle

Prenatal exposure to chemicals in personal care...

December 3, 2018

married couple

Hang in there. As couples age, humor replaces...

December 3, 2018

Jennifer Doudna

CRISPR co-inventor responds to claim of first...

November 26, 2018

To predict the future, the brain has two clocks

November 19, 2018

TFIID molecular model

Freeze-frame microscopy captures molecule’s...

November 16, 2018

A 3D representation of a magnetic resonance imaging scan, showing areas in the front and rear of the brain lit up.

Playing high school football changes the teenage...

November 15, 2018

Take a bow, freshman improv grads: You slayed it

November 8, 2018

A thin, flexible electronic board, lit-up with red and infrared lights, and approximately three inches wide by three inches wide, is held above a person's forearm.

Skin-like sensor maps blood-oxygen levels anywhere...

November 7, 2018