In the 1966 novel Fantastic Journey, by Isaac Asimov, a miniature submarine and crew travel throughout the human circulatory ...

Ultrasound (US) imaging is a widely employed diagnostic tool used for real-time imaging of various organs and tissues using ...

Every day, your body replaces billions of cells—and yet, your tissues stay perfectly organized. How is that possible?

In a remarkable achievement that is already impacting how we detect and diagnose disease, UK Biobank has completed the world's largest whole body imaging project, scanning the brains, hearts, abdomens ...

For nearly eight decades, the U.S. innovation ecosystem has been underpinned by a deliberately decentralized model of federal research support. Rooted in the vision laid out by Vannevar Bush in ...

Breakthrough microchip reveals how your body fights viruses—in just 90 minutes By analyzing just a drop of blood, this microchip gives researchers quicker-than-ever insight into how a person’s ...

America’s Coming Smoke Epidemic The research on what smoke does to a body is just beginning. By Zoë Schlanger Karsten Moran / Redux June 27, 2025 ...

A stem-cell-based "organ-on-a-chip" model of ALS mimics early biological changes seen in the degenerative disease.

A bionic knee that directly attaches to the thigh bone and uses implanted electrodes can make a prosthetic leg feel more like ...

Whole-body MRI scans have risen to prominence for their alleged ability to catch many health conditions early. But are they legit?