Computer scientists from the University of East Anglia are working to create a virtual birthing simulator that will help doctors...

Cambridge scientists have uncovered the mechanism by which bacteria build their surface propellers (flagella) – the long extensions that allow...

If you think with the release of every new i-device the world is getting closer to thought-controlled smart tech and...

MIT researchers have found a way to boost lithium-air battery performance, with the help of modified viruses. MIT researchers find...

A new method for developing stem cells enables the production of liver and pancreatic cells in “clinically relevant” quantities for...

Researchers led by bioengineers at the University of California, San Diego have generated the most complete genome sequences from single...

The virus that causes cervical, head and neck, anal and other cancers can damage chromosomes and genes where it inserts...

University of Arizona doctoral degree candidate Jay Sanguinetti has authored a new study, published online in the journal Psychological Science,...

Young animals are known to repair their tissues effortlessly, but can this capacity be recaptured in adults? A new study...

Recent advances in robotics technology make it possible to create prosthetics that can duplicate the natural movement of human legs....

Professor of Genetics Scott Williams, PhD, of the Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Sciences (iQBS) at Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine,...

Bioengineering is the application of concepts and methods of biology (and secondarily of physics, chemistry, mathematics, and computer science) to...

The bone-regeneration kit relies on a collagen platform seeded with particles containing the genes needed for producing bone. In experiments,...

Scientists have puzzled for centuries over how and why multicellular organisms evolved the almost universal trait of using single cells,...

Kwabena Boahen got his first computer in 1982, when he was a teenager living in Accra. “It was a really...

Navigate the brain in a way that was never before possible; fly through major brain pathways, compare essential circuits, zoom...

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...