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In a finding that could point the way toward better computer vision systems, Brown University researchers show why computers are so bad at seeing when one thing is not like another.

The chemical make-up of ancient blue crystals trapped in meteorites analysed with
a unique state-of-the-art mass spectrometer reveal what the early Sun was like, and apparently, it had a pretty rowdy start.

Despite high hopes and high investment in CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing, scientists still have a lot to learn about how it works in humans. In the latest example, University of California, Berkeley, scientists found that people’s assumptions about how cells repair the genome after the Cas9 enzyme snips DNA are wrong.

Investigators have used an experimental compound in mice to successfully reverse hair loss, hair whitening and skin inflammation linked by previous studies to human diets heavy in fat and cholesterol.

Research shows that patients with a particular type of depression have decreased blood levels of the molecule acetyl-L-carnitine (LAC)—a finding that may lead to improved diagnosis and treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD).

A gene that's associated with an autoimmune form of hair loss could be exploited to improve cancer immunotherapy, suggests a new mouse study by Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) researchers.

New device could quickly detect disease-causing bacteria and save lives.

New research has shown that ovarian cancer patients with a tumor mutation in the BRAF gene respond exceptionally well to treatment with targeted drugs, known as BRAF inhibitors.

Poor mental health ranks as one of the costliest forms of sickness for U.S. workers and may sap billions of dollars from the country's income growth, according to a team of researchers.

“The organ is saying ‘I need help.’ And neighboring cells come in to make an assist.”