Studies have shown that if you want to lose excess weight and keep it off, eat a low calorie diet. It doesn't matter if the diet is low or high ... Read More

Photo: © 2001 by the University of Central Arkansas Cell biology is the subdiscipline of biology that studies the basic unit of life, the cell. It deals with ... Read More

Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, and toxic gas produced as a by-product of combustion. Any fuel burning appliance, vehicle, tool or other device has the potential to produce ... Read More

Breast Cancer Cell Photo credit: National Cancer Institute Cancerous tumors have a unique method of tricking the body into supplying them with the nutrients they need to grow. ... Read More

Researchers have shown that exercising your brain by participating in certain activities later in life may help prevent memory loss. Participants in the study ranged from people with mild memory ... Read More

Heart Muscle Cell© Dennis Kunkel Muscle tissue is made up of excitable cells that are capable of contraction. This tissue is the most abundant tissue in most animals. ... Read More

Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have been able to turn skin cells into heart cells. This amazing accomplishment was performed by first getting the skin cells to revert back ... Read More

What exactly is the scientific method? Simply put, it is a series of steps followed by scientific investigators to answer specific questions about the natural world. It involves making observations, ... Read More

Photo courtesy PDPhoto.org Flowering plants, also called angiosperms, are the most numerous of all the divisions in the Plant Kingdom. The parts of a flowering plant are characterized ... Read More

Charles DrewCredit: Scurlock Studio Records Did you know that the first blood bank in England was established by an African American? Charles Drew, best known for his work ... Read More

Researchers from Georgia State University have discovered how the brain regulates fat burning in the body. It appears that fat cells give feedback to the brain to determine if the ... Read More

Epithelial CellImage copyright Dennis Kunkel The word tissue is derived from a Latin word meaning to weave. Cells that make up tissues are sometimes woven together with extracellular ... Read More