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A single gene transfer has been shown to help combat heart dysfunction caused by diabetes, in a mouse model.

Research from King’s College London provides the first evidence of an association between air pollution and psychotic experiences in adolescence.

Researchers have described a new muscular disease caused by a mutation in the myoglobin gene.

In the future, a newly discovered mechanism in control of plant nutrition could help to achieve higher harvests in a sustainable way.

Researchers have developed a biosensor that attaches to a smartphone and uses bacteria to detect unsafe arsenic levels which could help millions of people avoid contaminated drinking water.

What parts of your brain are involved in gauging a friend’s actions and adjusting your own; for example, when you both carry a couch up a flight of stairs? Researchers in Japan have found that part of the right side of the brain, called the temporoparietal junction, is significantly activated when two people cooperate together to achieve a common goal.

In a recent paper, researchers detail a computational model that explores how the auditory system tackles the task of recognizing distinct categories of sounds - such as words - from a continuous incoming stream of sounds.

The new approach uses an extremely fine-scale form of 3D printing, using an electric field to draw fibers one-tenth the width of a human hair.

Parents may often feel like they are not “on the same wavelength” as their kids. But it turns out that, at least for babies, their brainwaves literally sync with their moms when they are learning from them about their social environment.

The cocktail of man-made chemicals that we are exposed to daily is a health risk which current regulations and risk assessment overlook, study concludes.