It can take six hours for the small intestine to do its job. The nutrients are sucked from the inner surface of the small ...

Paranthropus was an ape-like hominin that survived alongside early humans for more than a million years. A fossilised leg belonging to a strikingly small member of the group raises questions about how ...

An alarming report has highlighted the risk posed by a vision-robbing parasite that could be lurking in your local park.

Scientists have made a major leap in ear imaging by using terahertz radiation to see inside the cochlea – an impossibly tiny, ...

A machine learning algorithm developed by Cambridge scientists was able to correctly identify in 97 cases out of 100 whether ...

Experts at the University of Leeds have created a penny-sized rolling robot that can non-invasively capture ultrasound scans ...

Pregnancy permanently lengthens the small intestine in mice, enhancing nutrient absorption for mother and offspring. Genetic ...

Barnard's Star is a small, dim star of the type that astronomers call red dwarfs. Consequently, even though it is one of the ...

Inflammation can lead to complications like narrowing of the intestines (strictures). These narrowed areas cause pain, cramping, and discomfort when food passes through. Severe pain in the abdomen can ...

This is the first time that a fossil thrips has been recorded anywhere in Africa, or the entire southern hemisphere.

Absorption of nutrients is conducted by microscopic projections along the lining of the small intestine called villi. Celiac disease is a disorder in which the ingestion of gluten results in damage to ...

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