Physicians rely on nuclear medicine scans, like SPECT scans, to watch the heart pump, track blood flow and detect diseases hidden deep inside the body. But today's scanners depend on expensive ...

Microplastics and nanoplastics are now found everywhere on Earth, from ocean depths to agricultural soils and even inside the human body. Yet scientists still struggle to understand what these ...

Collagen, the protein that builds skin, bones, tendons and organs, exists inside cells as a liquidlike droplet rather than ...

A new imaging breakthrough combines ultrasound and light-based techniques to generate vivid 3D images that show both tissue structure and blood vessel activity. Developed by researchers at Caltech and ...

The human body is an amazing, curious, and disgusting thing. At any given moment, millions of tiny lifeforms are making their way across your body—both inside and out. And now, researchers say they've ...

Science is advancing our understanding of the human body (photo taken at the Wellcome Centre, London) —Image by © Tim Sandle Science is advancing our understanding ...

Biologists mapping the human microbiome expected to find new bacteria and viruses, not entities that slip through every familiar category of life. Yet that is what several research teams now say they ...

The breakthrough could make scans sharper, faster, cheaper, and safer — expanding access to high-quality nuclear medicine imaging for patients worldwide. Physicians rely on nuclear medicine scans, ...