Researchers in Japan have found, for the first time in vertebrates, a genetic switch that determines whether germ cells become ...

A team of researchers led by the University of Cambridge has described for the first time in humans how the ...

A new study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine found that synchronized physiological interactions between remote brain ...

The research group, led by Dr. Christina Scheel, developed an assay whereby cultured human breast epithelial cells rebuild the three-dimensional ...

Female scientists have been sharing "distractingly sexy" photos of themselves after a feminist website encouraged them to respond to comments ...

Biomedical devices that can be implanted in the body for drug delivery, tissue engineering, or sensing can help improve treatment ...

Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major human pathogen and is known to be associated with increased risk of fatal heart complications ...

New study: New way of controlling electronic systems endowed with a memory can provide insights into the way associative memories ...

How do primates, including humans, tell faces apart? Scientists have long attributed this ability to so-called “face-detector” (FD) neurons, thought ...

Spider silk has long been noted for its graceful structure, as well as its advanced material properties: Ounce for ounce, ...

New research by NOAA Fisheries has revealed the opah, or moonfish, as the first fully warm-blooded fish that circulates heated ...

Imagine that it is possible, through a tiny adhesive electronic stamp attached to the arm, to know in real time ...

Focusing on the difficult case of restoring cartilage, which requires both flexibility and mechanical strength, the researchers investigated a new ...

Scientists and engineers have made a breakthrough in cell transplantation using a gel-like biomaterial that keeps cells alive and helps ...

Aging is a complex biological process which is accompanied by an increasing number of toxic protein aggregates in the cells. ...

One of developmental biology's most perplexing questions concerns what signals transform masses of undifferentiated cells into tremendously complex organisms, a ...

Decorating the outside of cells like tiny antenna, a diverse community of sugar molecules acts like a telecommunications system, sending ...

Eating a slice of chocolate cake or spending time with a friend usually stimulates positive feelings, while getting in a ...

A 'leg bank' -- providing life-changing prostheses to low-income people who have lost limbs -- is being developed by a ...

Diagnosing a heart attack can require multiple tests using expensive equipment. But not everyone has access to such techniques, especially ...