An international research team has uncovered a surprising way compartments within cells work together to defend themselves ...

Molecules from the 20-million-year-old teeth of a rhino relative are among the oldest ever sequenced, opening tantalizing ...

When you blink, a layer of tears—called tear film—covers the eyes' surface. The tear film has these three layers: Meibomian gland dysfunction occurs when the glands on the edge of your eyelids (near ...

An aortic dissection is a hole or tear that forms between the layers in the wall of the blood vessel. High blood pressure is the most common cause of aortic dissections.

People cannot prevent all knee injuries. However, education on knee anatomy, how injuries happen, and treatment can help prevent potential complications from common knee injuries.

Ocular surface disease (OSD) develops from a combination of adverse conditions that ultimately damage the surface layers of the eye. While the early symptoms of ocular surface disease might amount ...

Activist, chef, and cookbook author Yevhen Klopotenko is peeling away layers of Soviet-era influence on the table.

She folds her gloved hands on the black lab table and watches other students carefully cut, pull and tear layers of skin. Their scissors sound like a soft chorus of snapping rubberbands.