Our research suggests that the human heart has adapted to support our upright stance, movement and larger brain. Over the ...

The scalloped-shaped “Valentine's” heart is a ubiquitous icon in Western culture. This unavoidable emblem of love and well-being is used by spiritual and commercial institutions alike.

A study led by bioengineers at the University of California San Diego sheds new light on how a type of heart valve disease, called aortic valve stenosis, progresses differently in males and females.

Researchers at UCL and the Francis Crick Institute have, for the first time, identified the origin of cardiac cells using 3D images of a heart forming in real-time, inside a living mouse embryo.

Cognitive neuroscientist Irena Arslanova says our brain perceives time but our body shapes how we experience it. She shares ...