Stanford researchers are the first to demonstrate that sophisticated light resonators can be inserted inside living cells without damage to ...

  Good mental health and clear thinking depend upon our ability to store and manipulate thoughts on a sort of ...

A man who lost his hand in an accident is due to receive the first bionic hand designed to more ...

Bioengineering researchers in Associate Professor Jane Grande-Allen’s laboratory at Rice University analyze the biomechanics of heart-valve tissue and the underlying ...

The Wistar Institute is the first independent institution in usa devoted to medical research and training. The Wistar Institute has ...

Long segments of RNA—encoded in our DNA but not translated into protein—are key to physically manipulating DNA in order to ...

Living cells change their shape by applying mechanical tension to their extracellular matrix adhesions and pulling themselves flat against their ...

Jessica Richman, a PhD student at Oxford University, has raised more than $290,000 from over 1,300 people who have paid ...

In the search for renewable alternatives to gasoline, heavy alcohols such as isobutanol are promising candidates. Not only do they ...

The Obama administration is planning a decade-long scientific effort to examine the workings of the human brain and build a ...

Researchers developed nano-machines which recreate principal activities of proteins. They present the first versatile and modular example of a fully ...

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The rats sensed the light as a sensation of touch after Duke neurobiologist Miguel Nicolelis and his team fitted the ...

Miniaturized laboratory-on-chip systems promise rapid, sensitive, and multiplexed detection of biological samples for medical diagnostics, drug discovery, and high-throughput screening. ...

Epigenetic changes may be caused by environmental factors, including diet, exposure to contaminants, and social conditions such as poverty—and may ...

Researchers are injecting ever more conscious design into their bioengineering workflow.

The Food and Drug Administration has approved what's being called the first bionic eye, which may restore limited vision for ...