Gulf War veterans suffering from a wide range of debilitating illnesses have struggled for years to convince the government to examine their possible exposure to chemical agents during the conflict. After...

WASHINGTON (AP)- A new drug, which in some tests of healthy elderly men restores memory almost to that of young people, soon will be tested on patients with Alzheimer's disease, the fatal brain disorder...

For the past week, Gophers football coach Jim Wacker said he felt like a wet washcloth. He didn't get into specifics, but the cloth he referred to probably looked like one found stuck to the bottom of...

After months of private meetings and deliberations, three candidates were publicly identified Friday as possible successors for University President Nils Hasselmo. The candidates, who have yet to be labeled...

When she heard the news that Minnesota would play Nebraska in the first round of the NCAA soccer tournament, Gophers senior Mikki Denney thought she was dreaming. A native of Omaha, Neb., Denney had been...

On November 11, 1995, the Gophers hockey team lost to Denver 6-4 at Mariucci Arena. Little did Minnesota know that it would be Feb. 2 until it lost again. What came between the two losses was 18 wins...

The American Cancer Society released data Thursday indicating that for the first time the overall number of cancer-related deaths in the United States is on a steady decline. The study determined that...

Six meets and two-and-a-half months of preparation have passed since the men's cross country team started its season. Saturday morning in Champaign, Ill., the Gophers will race in the most important competition...

University researchers are designing a $50 million facility in northern Minnesota to answer one of the most vexing questions in physics -- whether neutrinos have mass. The neutrino is sometimes called...

The strength of any union is its power to strike. At three of the campuses at the University of California next week, graduate student instructors intend to test their strength by marching out of class...