People's bodies can be old or young for their chronological age, depending, in part, on the amount and types of stressors ...

Researchers have analyzed the soft tissue from a fossilized plesiosaur for the first time. The results show that the long-necked marine reptile had both smooth and scaly skin. This was likely so it ...

A small team of archaeologists, geologists, paleontologists and climate scientists has found that at least one type of ...

Rice University researchers have revealed novel sequence-structure-property relationships for customizing engineered living ...

As many as 40% of Americans are obese, putting them at an increased risk for high blood pressure, diabetes, stroke, heart disease and certain cancers, according to the CDC.

How can the field of synthetic biology help improve engineered living materials (ELMs)? This is what a recent study published ...

You might think that after 200 million years, we would have learned all we're ever going to know about plesiosaurs. Such is ...

With serpentine necks, flippers and a mouth full of needle-sharp teeth, plesiosaurs have captured imaginations since ...

Collagen, the body's most abundant protein, has long been viewed as a predictable structural component of tissues. However, a ...