In a breakthrough for the advanced study of gut health, scientists have developed a 3D microscopic version of the human intestines condensed into a small chip about half the size of a five-cent coin.

Our main goal in neuroscience is advancing the understanding of the human nervous system and the mechanisms behind its disorders. However, many invasive ...

Autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) must be able to survey their surroundings in real time and make decisions based on what’s ...

But a recent study from Stanford University is shaking things up with fresh insights on when and how our bodies undergo the ...

I broke its neck. When making a vase at the potter's wheel, I torqued its slippery neck clear off the pot as I tried to thin ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered new details about how the human genome produces instructions for creating ...

Your diaphragm body part spans from the front to the back ... A healthy person can have some minor variations in the diaphragm's anatomy. For example, the left or right side may be slightly higher or ...

As an enthusiast of the “body shower” (a.k.a. washing everything but my hair) and someone who has especially dry skin, I’ve spent a great deal of time shopping for just the right body wash.

Anatomy is the field of biology that studies ... A comprehensive atlas of the human hypothalamus, a brain region that regulates many bodily functions, including temperature, sleep and appetite ...

The human hand is one of the most staggeringly sophisticated and physiologically intricate parts of the body. It has more than 30 muscles, 27 joints alongside a network of ligaments and tendons ...

It also helps support your body weight and allow movement between each vertebra ... such as injections or surgery for your lumbar spine. Understanding the basic anatomy of the five lumbar bones that ...