The military exposed thousands of servicemen to radioactivity when it called them to participate in nuclear weapons tests, including Operation Teapot in 1955. One was Eldridge Jones, who later ...

Human uptake of microplastic particles (MPs) is causing increasing health concerns, and there is mounting pressure to evaluate the associated risks. While MPs can be ingested, breathed in, or drank in ...

Vital opens on Saturday at the Franklin Institute, and features real human specimens preserved to showcase the inner workings ...

Johns Hopkins APL researchers are leveraging predictive anatomy visualization, artificial intelligence and real-time ...

The mere mention of Leonardo da Vinci evokes genius. We know him as a polymath whose interests spanned astronomy, geology, hydrology, engineering and physics. As a painter, his Mona Lisa and Last ...

Sterling High School students are using a tool of technology to peel back the layers of the human body for an up-close and ...

For the past two decades, scientists have been manipulating genes to grow human cells where you wouldn’t quite expect them.

By age 75, a noteworthy 50% of men develop an inguinal (groin) hernia - a bulge that results from soft tissue pushing through a weak spot in the abdominal muscles.

By age 75, a noteworthy 50% of men develop an inguinal (groin) hernia. Although common, the cause of these hernias is unknown, and the only treatment is surgery to repair the weakened area. Even after ...

Early experiments in primates faltered, but advances in gene editing and immune system management have brought the field ...