Science and engineering

Microglia, immune cells that act as the central nervous system’s damage sensors, have recently been implicated in Alzheimer’s disease.

Stressing the damaging impact on poor rural communities in Africa and South-East Asia of animal tuberculosis’ (bovine TB) transmission to humans, United Nations health experts launched the first-ever roadmap to combat the so-called zoonotic TB.

The grant “will allow UCLA to continue our decade-long preeminence in groundbreaking autism research,” said Dr. Daniel Geschwind, director of the UCLA Center for Autism Research and Treatment.

"It's the complete opposite of what we've been saying about pumas and solitary species for over 60 years..."

Since the early 1900s, veterinarians have observed intervertebral disc disease — a common cause of back pain, rear limb paralysis and inability to walk — more frequently in dogs with short legs.

Using a modified version of the CRISPR genome-editing system, MIT researchers have developed a new way to screen for genes that protect against specific diseases.

WISeKey Semiconductors Continues its Rapid Growth by Delivering Hardware-based Encryption for GDPR Compliant Portable Storage

Sanofi is investing €170 million to expand a vaccine manufacturing site in Val de Reuil, France. The expansion further strengthens Sanofi's position as one of the world's leading seasonal flu vaccine providers

Fujitsu today announced that it will introduce a smartphone-based service for the Sailing World Cup Series Regatta to be held in Gamagori, Aichi prefecture, Japan, October 15-22

The new kind of lithium battery could be used in everything from cell phones to electric vehicles.

In the latest World Economic Outlook, the International Monetary Fund expects faster economic growth in Hungary than they did in the prior study, published in spring 2017.

UCLA researchers predicted what the timing of snow and rainwater runoff in the Sierra Nevada could look like by the end of the 21st century.

A tiny, low-cost breath sensor could help athletes and people trying to lose weight know when their bodies are burning fat.

The number of limbs amputated because of diabetes is at an all-time high of 20 each day in England alone.