A paper published in a special edition of the journal Science proposes a novel understanding of brain architecture using a...

A self-described "biohacker" had a big electronic chip — almost as large as a deck of cards — inserted beneath...

The Opto-electrical effect can be used to control the passage of DNA molecules through nanopore sensors, thereby leading to more...

Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron is one of the good guys. Known simply as Bt, it is an abundant member of the estimated...

Scientists have created a virtual model of the brain that daydreams like humans do. Researchers created the computer model based...

Today, scientists from IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) published a breakthrough drug-delivery technique, demonstrating...

Tufts University biologists using new, automated training and testing techniques have found that planarian flatworms store memory outside their brains...

Bioengineers have developed a new method of replacing missing teeth with a bioengineered material generated from a person's own gum...

A team of researchers of the Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, a city in NW Romania, has created a recipe for...

Light enhances brain activity during a cognitive task even in some people who are totally blind, according to a study...

When you look at the hands of a clock or the streets on a map, your brain is effortlessly performing...

What sounds like a dream of the future has already been the subject of research for a few years: simply...

Bioengineers from the University of California, San Diego have created a new method for analyzing RNA transcripts from samples of...

In medicine, the printers are already making prosthetic hands, hearing aid cases and parts of human ears. This riboflavin-rich material...

Bioengineers from North Carolina State University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Laser Zentrum Hannover have discovered...

Embracing the idea that molecules can be programmed much like a computer, researchers can now perform remarkable feats on a...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) causes progressive paralysis by destroying nerve cells and the spinal cord. It interrupts vision, balance and even...

Bioengineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have shown that physical cues can replace certain chemicals when nudging mature cells...

The poster child for basic research might well be a one-celled green algae found in ordinary lakes and ponds. Amazingly,...