This blood smear shows human blood positive for malaria infection, with a Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte (the sexual form of the most lethal of the malaria parasite species) right in the center.
This stunning shot of a great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, was taken by Christian Vizl at Isla Guadalupe, Baja California, in Mexico.
Solar Activity or Space Weather? Solar activity describes events that take place on the sun, while space weather describes the change in solar activity as seen on our planet, by technology, and in the magnetic organization ...
The Healthcare system is an exceptionally intricate system, as is the human body and mind. Imagine attempting to synchronize thinking, behavior, and actions of thousands of physicians, nurses, personal care assistants, case managers
We have all seen it before, Facebook and Twitter posts of cancer facts, shared and re-tweeted across the sea of social media. Sometimes it’s obvious when an article is fake or trying to sell you ...
This weeks photo is from Phil Hart, it is one of the most popular photos seen online when talking about bioluminescence and was taken at the Gippsland Lakes Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.
Kīlauea Volcano Photo by USGS In this edition of Science Picture of the Week, we look at Hawaii’s Kīlauea Volcano. This image was taken on January 31, 2013 in Kīlauea showing a small lava lake, ...
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (sometimes called insulin-dependent diabetes) is a chronic disease that occurs when the pancreas produces little or no insulin. People with this form of diabetes require injections of insulin every day to ...
Colds and Flu like illnesses cost billions of dollars in medical visits and missed days of work each year. Even with continuing advanced knowledge of their virulence, pathogenesis, clinical characteristics, treatment and prevention, we are pretty much left to ...