Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia stands as a magnificent ruin, a Gothic fortress that looms over the city like ...

Forget sandy beaches and crowded theme parks – the most unforgettable spring break destination might just be a crumbling prison in Philadelphia where the walls quite literally talk back.

For the first time, scientists have built a detailed, interactive map of a human cell, revealing how thousands of proteins ...

Every organ in our body contains a small number of adult stem cells that are specific to its niche. These cells act like a ...

Neuroblastoma cells within the same tumor can vary greatly, which creates challenges in treatment efficacy. Until now, the scientific community lacked understanding of how the tumor microenvironment ...

Plant cells have several structures not found in other eukaryotes. In particular, organelles called chloroplasts allow plants to capture the energy of the Sun in energy-rich molecules; cell walls ...

cells. Over at the towering Grand Ring, which is the symbol of the expo, visitors can take an elevator up to the top of the structure. Awaiting them is a bird's-eye view of the pavilions from all ...

From dormant volcanoes and salt pans to urban forests and library gardens, these are the places we go for peace and quiet.

This valuable study combines real-time keypoint tracking with transdermal activation of sensory neurons to investigate sensory neuron recruitment in freely moving mice, and builds on the authors' ...

Stem cells are cells that have the capacity to self-renew by dividing and to develop into more mature, specialised cells. Stem cells can be unipotent, multipotent, pluripotent or totipotent ...

Myanmar nationals living in Japan were frantically seeking word of loved ones back home following the huge earthquake there. With over 1,000 people already confirmed dead in the March 28 disaster ...