For the first time, chemists have successfully produced an artificial cell containing organelles capable of carrying out the various steps...

Researchers at the University of Delaware have developed a "smart" hydrogel that can deliver medicine on demand, in response to...

Ryan Zurakowski, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Delaware, is co-author of a paper appearing...

Artificial bone marrow may be used to reproduce hematopoietic stem cells. A prototype has now been developed by scientists of...

The waterproof, light-activated glue developed by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston Children's Hospital and Massachusetts Institute of Technology...

Inside our cells, proteins known as myosins can act as a delivery service for biological materials. To better understand how...

Your nose is not the only organ in your body that can sense cigarette smoke wafting through the air. Scientists...

Hiroshi Ishiguro, a professor at Osaka University, is famous for creating a robot (Geminoid F). The Geminoid F ("F" stands...

When biology and materials science converge, the results can be new materials that can be used to deliver targeted drugs,...

Scientists have obtained the first detailed molecular structure of a member of the Tet family of enzymes.The finding is important...

As part of an international research project, a team of researchers has developed a DNA clamp that can detect mutations...

Researchers have successfully coaxed stem cells to become kidney tubular cells, a significant advance toward one day using regenerative medicine,...

The organ has to enable a “large mammal” to live “a normal lifestyle” for at least three months. The Methuselah...

The newly sequenced genome of the Amborella plant addresses Darwin's "abominable mystery" -- the question of why flowers suddenly proliferated...