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MIT researchers performed a large-scale, high resolution study of the cells in human breast milk, allowing them to track how these cells change over time in nursing mothers.

Almost everything we know about proteins is derived from research into folded proteins. Yet about half of proteins are unfolded, or rather, disordered. Thanks to a special grant, Professor of Biochemistry Dolf Weijers and his colleagues overseas will

The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) is the state’s public health, law, and human services university devoted to excellence in professional and graduate education, research, patient care, and public service.

A Caltech-led team of researchers has discovered that a small-molecule metabolite, produced by bacteria that reside in the mouse gut, can travel to the

A small-molecule metabolite produced by gut bacteria in mice, can travel to the brain and alter brain cell function, inducing anxiety behaviors.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society, has elected two Baylor College of

Hummingbirds’ metabolisms are so fast that they face an ever-looming threat­­: running out of energy and dropping dead.

New research finds hummingbirds can use a hibernation-like state to help bulk up for migration season (Photo by Ken Jones) Hummingbirds’ metabolisms

Do humans have a sixth sense after all? HowStuffWorks looks at human magnetism.

How seabirds navigate across thousands of miles of seemingly featureless ocean is one of nature’s mysteries. It is known that seabirds use a range of