This penguin’s features are very special and rare. @bbcearth explains, "This Gentoo penguin's stark white [color] is the ...

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine report that a rare gene mutation that delays Alzheimer’s disease does so by damping inflammatory signaling in brain-resident immune cells in a preclinical study.

In our earliest science lessons, we learned that anything denser than water sinks. The denser something is, the more easily it sinks. This is seen in people who are more muscular, because muscle is ...

A CRISPR system detects rare cancer mutations in blood with single-nucleotide precision, outperforming ddPCR through engineered RNA guides and isothermal amplification. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Hidden ...

Certain rare gene mutations can contribute significantly to low levels of a beneficial form of cholesterol in the blood, researchers have found. Low levels of this cholesterol, known as high-density ...