Cannabis link to relieving intestinal inflammation explained

Reports from cannabis users that the drug reduces the symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) may…

First study on physical properties of giant cancer cells may inform new treatments

Giant cancer cells are much larger and stiffer than other cancer cells and move further, study…

Specialized delivery methods to help treat cancer, other disorders

More than 100 years ago, German Nobel laureate Paul Ehrlich popularized the 'magic bullet' concept --…

Mathematicians solve age-old spaghetti mystery

It's nearly impossible to break a dry spaghetti noodle into only two pieces. A new MIT…

How Neolithic people adapted to climate change

Research has uncovered evidence that early farmers were adapting to climate change 8,200 years ago.

Scarlet macaw DNA points to ancient breeding operation in Southwest

Somewhere in the American Southwest or northern Mexico, there are probably the ruins of a scarlet…

Collaborate, but only intermittently, says new study

Technologies and organizations should be redesigned to intermittently isolate people from each other's work for best…

When it comes to regrowing tails, neural stem cells are the key

It's a longstanding mystery why salamanders can perfectly regenerate their tails whereas lizard tails grow back…

Creation and selective functionalization of virus-like polymer particles

Researchers have collaborated with others to develop a simple way to create and functionalize virus-like polymer…

Rethinking the stroke rule ‘time is brain’

In 1993, neurologist Camilo Gomez, M.D., coined a phrase that for a quarter century has been…