A cut presumably draws blood anywhere in the universe, whether in an Earthly suburb or on some future interstellar voyage yet ...

Simulated effects of microgravity significantly affect rhythmicity and sleep in humans, a new study from the University of Surrey finds. Such disturbances could negatively affect the physiology and ...

Research on microbial responses to simulated microgravity has revealed profound alterations in growth, metabolism, gene expression and community dynamics. In space environments, the modified ...

SAN DIEGO — A San Diego high school senior is a finalist in the prestigious Regeneron Science Talent Search competition for her research on how astronauts’ wounds might be able to heal. Leanne Fan, 18 ...

Deep space is most likely going to be humanity’s final frontier, and space travel will undoubtedly become much more common in the future. However, space is a very hostile environment not only because ...

Microorganisms aboard the International Space Station have extracted dozens of metals from actual asteroid fragments, a result that strengthens the case for biology-driven mining on the Moon, Mars, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A four-legged robot named Olympus was "mounted upside down to a floating platform at the European Space Agency’s ORBIT facility," ...

Researching the immune system in space could have payoffs for human aging on earth. Scientists have revealed how the lack of gravity affects the cells of the immune system at single cell resolution.

Infectious microbes have evolved sophisticated means to invade host cells, outwit the body’s defenses and cause disease. While researchers have tried to puzzle out the complicated interactions between ...

When a body accustomed to Earth’s gravity enters the microgravity environment of space, almost all physiologic systems are reorganized. Speaking with El Médico Interactivo, part of the Medscape ...