Radio waves remotely triggered the release of insulin in mice
Researchers have remotely activated genes inside living animals, a proof of concept that could one day lead to medical procedures ...
Science fiction comes to life in Italian lab
Once the preserve of science fiction, increasingly sophisticated robotic devices are vying for a place side by side with humans ...
New generation bionics – wireless and touch-sensitive
Other researchers are developing prosthetic skin which might wrap around a bionic limb and feed back sensory information to the ...
The Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)
The Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB) opened its doors in 1995 and since that time it ...
Erasmus Programme
Erasmus programme is a great opportunity to spend between 3 and 12 months in another European country, and have ...
Brain activity decoded to play back heard words
Neuroscientists may one day be able to hear the imagined speech of a patient unable to speak due to stroke ...
DNA motors on
With the relentless rise of DNA nanotechnology's popularity, Emma Davies explores the role chemistry has played in its success As ...
A bionic prosthetic eye that speaks the language of your brain
On the grand scale of things, we know so very little about the brain. Our thick-headedness isn’t quite cosmological in ...
Researchers Turn Viruses Into Molecular Legos
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have turned a benign virus into an engineering tool for assembling structures that ...
Bionic Bacteria May Help Make New Drugs, Biofuels
A strain of genetically enhanced bacteria developed by researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies may pave the way ...
Textile Bioengineering and Informatics Society
Textile Bioengineering and Informatics Society (TBIS) is a charitable organization created to foster, develop and promote all aspects of science ...
Scientists unveil tools for rewriting the code of life
New technology from MIT and Harvard can edit DNA at the genome scale, giving cells novel functions. MIT and Harvard ...
‘Human Breast Milk’ From Bioengineered Cows
Chinese scientists have produced a herd of bioengineered cows that make milk that could substitute for human breast milk -- ...
Bionic Legs
The robotic exoskeleton eLegs could be a game changer for spinal cord injury rehabilitation
Chasing Nature
 As engineers begin to build tiny aircraft for tasks such as military-related surveillance and post-disaster search, they are turning ...
Bacteria can communicate with each other through nanotubes
A pathway whereby bacteria communicate with each other has been discovered by researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The ...
Sculpture at the Millennium Library Plaza
Chemistry and Statue - Photography by Gabe Daly
Mice That ‘Smell’ Light Could Help Scientist Better Understand Olfaction
Harvard University neurobiologists have created mice that can "smell" light, providing a potent new tool that could help researchers better ...
