A custom-built programmable 3D printer can create materials with several of the properties of living tissues, Oxford University scientists...

A team of Virginia Tech researchers has discovered a way to extract large quantities of hydrogen from any plant, a...

In a new discovery that represents a major step in solving a critical design challenge, Arizona State University Professor Hao...

The White House unveiled a sweeping new initiative on Tuesday to map the individual cells and circuits that make up...

The term "survival of the fittest" refers to natural selection in biological systems, but Darwin's theory may apply more broadly...

The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University announced  that it was awarded a $9.25 million contract from...

UK-based scientists have designed an 'intelligent' microchip which they claim can suppress appetite.Animal trials of the electronic implant are about...

A team of Stanford University bioengineers has taken computing beyond mechanics and electronics into the living realm of biology. They...

Scientists at the University of East Anglia have made an important breakthrough in the quest to generate clean electricity from...

Thirty years ago, the future lay in programming computers. Today, it’s programming cells. That was the message of panelists at...

Previous hypotheses about the origin of these olfactory nerve cells have given credit to embryonic cells that develop into skin...

UCLA bioengineering professor Wentai Liu, more than two decades of visionary research burst into the headlines last month when the...

The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Sony DADC announced a collaboration that will harness Sony...

  Tübingen and Saarland researchers identify the molecules allowing mice to sniff out the genes of other mice.  

  Rice University researchers have found a way to divide and modify enzymes to create what amounts to a genetic...

Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have helped explain how the brain keeps track of the incredibly rich...

The Tokyo Metropolitan University is located in the Tokyo metropolis – a most vibrant city and the world’s most populous....

Genetically engineered immune cells can drive an aggressive type of leukaemia into retreat, a small clinical trial suggests.

The United Kingdom moved a step closer to legalizing reproductive gene therapy techniques that could prevent children from inheriting certain...

Better diagnosis and treatment of cancer could hinge on the ability to better understand a single cell at its molecular...