Video Game Tech Used to Steer Roaches On Autopilot
North Carolina State University researchers are using video game technology to remotely control cockroaches on autopilot, with a computer steering ...
Fire with Fire : HIV used to Fight Cancer
The HIV virus may be about to become a new weapon in the fight against cancer as initial tests have ...
New nerve and muscle interfaces
The Reliable Neural-Interface Technology (RE-NET) program from DARPA, the Pentagon’s advanced research group, has a vision: direct, reliable connections between ...
Bionic Contact Lenses
Researchers at Washington University in Seattle are developing a contact lens that could project text and images before your very ...
Researchers explain how neural stem cells create new and varied neurons
A new study examining the brains of fruit flies reveals a novel stem cell mechanism that may help explain how ...
DNA Antenna for Solar Energy
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have found an effective solution for collecting sunlight for artificial photosynthesis. By combining self-assembling ...
MIT Researchers have Printed Artificial Bone
MIT researchers have printed an artificial bone that is twenty-two times as strong as its component materials. Researchers working to ...
Lab-grown body parts
NEW YORK (AP) — By the time 10-year-old Sarah Murnaghan finally got a lung transplant last week, she'd been waiting ...
Stem Cells May Be Secret to Regenerating Fingers and Toes
Mammals can regenerate the very tips of their fingers and toes after amputation, and now new research shows how stem ...
Memory-Boosting Chemical Identified
Memory improved in mice injected with a small, drug-like molecule discovered by UCSF San Francisco researchers studying how cells respond ...
Brain-Computer Interfaces: Just Wave a Hand
Small electrodes placed on or inside the brain allow patients to interact with computers or control robotic limbs simply by ...
Bioengineered Cartilage
Bioengineers are interested in finding innovative ways to grow new cartilage from a patient’s own stem cells, and, thanks to ...
Wireless bionic eye created
The Monash Vision system, developed by a team of 60 at Monash University, allows blind users to make out objects ...
Surgeons at Duke University Hospital Implant Bioengineered Vein
In a first-of-its-kind operation in the United States, a team of doctors at Duke University Hospital helped create a bioengineered ...
Scientists Discover How HIV Kills Immune Cells
HIV replicates inside infection-fighting human immune cells called CD4+ T cells through complex processes that include inserting its genes into ...
Scientists Map the Wiring of the Biological Clock
The World Health Organization lists shift work as a potential carcinogen, says Erik Herzog, PhD, Professor of Biology in Arts ...
Researchers identify abnormal brain networks in Fragile X syndrome
The genetic malady known as Fragile X syndrome is the most common cause of inherited autism and intellectual disability. Brain ...
Researchers Coax Clays to Make Human Bone
Weak bones, broken bones, damaged bones, arthritic bones. Whether damaged by injury, disease or age, your adult body can't create ...
A Step Closer to Artificial Livers: Researchers Identify Compounds That Help Liver Cells Grow Outside Body
Prometheus, the mythological figure who stole fire from the gods, was punished for this theft by being bound to a ...
Biongineered Mosquitoes Can’t Smell Humans
In one of the first successful attempts at genetically engineering mosquitoes, HHMI researchers have altered the way the insects respond ...
