Hormone levels fluctuate like the tides, ebbing and flowing according to carefully orchestrated cycles. These hormones not only influence the body, but can cross into the brain and shape the behavior ...

Thousands of genes from deep-sea marine life are being used to create new commercial products ranging from pharmaceuticals to ...

While iron and calcium are the metals that get the most attention, zinc is also important for human health and function.

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The thyroid cartilage surrounds the thyroid gland in the middle of the throat. Its primary function is to protect and support the vocal cords. It is one of the laryngeal cartilages, which make up the ...

Captive life does more than change routines for bears and pandas. It also changes the microscopic communities living in their ...

Researchers at the Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, report in the Journal of the American Chemical Societythe ...