A small study showed that a cup of coffee improved small blood vessel function. The study takes us one step closer to understanding how coffee might benefit cardiovascular health.

Older adults who are tested at their optimal time of day (the morning), not only perform better on demanding cognitive tasks but also activate the same brain networks responsible for paying attention...

Do women really talk more than men? It depends on exactly what's being talked about, according to a new study.

By isolating stem cells from teeth, researchers from the University of Birmingham, UK, have found that dental pulp cells can actually help protect retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) from death following...

A new source of stem cells that produce fat tissue has been found, researchers say.  This unique in vitro human stem cell model of brown fat tissue could aid studies into how fat tissue develops and...

Older adults in retirement communities who reported more exercise experienced less physical decline than their peers who reported less exercise, although many adults -- even those who exercised --...

DNA has been used by researchers to develop a tool that detects and reacts to chemical changes caused by cancer cells and that may one day be used to deliver drugs to tumor cells. The researchers'...

For the first time ever, a group of researchers has sequenced the genome of the spider. This knowledge provides a much more qualified basis for studying features of the spider. It also shows that...

For the first time ever, a group of researchers has sequenced the genome of the spider. This knowledge provides a much more qualified basis for studying features of the spider. It also shows that...

Despite the popular conception of giant pandas as continually chomping on bamboo, new research reveals that this highly endangered species also has a sweet tooth. Behavioral and molecular genetic...