Scientists have achieved an unprecedented look into how the human immune system attacks a transplanted pig kidney, using ...

Two new studies add to the evidence that human activity, from fishing to urban development, is driving the evolution of wild ...

The human body is a wonderous thing, especially when you consider how intricate and efficient each bodily system is. For instance, an adult’s blood vessels could encircle the earth 2.5 times if ...

With a heat wave causing excessive heat warnings in Delaware, you'll hear a lot about the heat index this week. What to know ...

Cognitive decline is defined as is the gradual loss of thinking abilities, such as memory, reasoning and problem-solving.

When Eli Billings (BA ’25) first stepped onto the University of Denver campus, he wasn’t sure what he wanted to study—but he ...

Ultrasound scanners, which image the inside of the human body, are a life-saving medical tool. Now researchers have shrunk the handheld ultrasound probe—which typically requires a highly trained ...

Human activities affecting body clocks of mammals, study finds All animals are known to have circadian rhythms, or body clocks, regulating activities over a 24-hour period -- also called diel cycle.

For example, in the 1890s, anatomist Robert Wiedersheim published a list of 86 human "vestiges," or body parts that had "lost their original physiological significance" to humans.

A flair of energy in the brain in a dying patient who had “no blood pressure” or “heart rate” could be evidence of the “soul ...

As a deadly heat wave continues to ravage the U.S., new evidence suggests the human body may stop functioning optimally when outside temperatures climb to 104 to 122 degrees Fahrenheit. Research ...