Stem cells naturally cling to feeder cells as they grow in petri dishes. Scientists have thought for years that this ...

4D printing is unfolding as technology that takes 3D printing to an entirely new level.The fourth dimension is time, shape ...

A new study led by University of Toronto researcher Dr. David Lam has discovered the trigger behind the most severe ...

Study captures how 2 brain systems in mammals cooperate to capture sounds and process information. When people hear the sound ...

Chinese scientists say they've genetically modified human embryos for the very first time. The team attempted to modify the gene ...

Every time you make a memory, somewhere in your brain a tiny filament reaches out from one neuron and forms ...

EPFL scientists discover that certain cell structures, the centrioles, could act as information carriers throughout cell generations. The discovery raises ...

Although music perception and practice are well preserved in human evolution, the biological determinants of music practice are largely unknown. ...

Bioplastics made from protein sources such as albumin and whey have shown significant antibacterial properties, findings that could eventually lead ...

The latest DNA nanodevices created at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) - including a robot with movable arms, a book ...

Traditionally, to understand how a gene functions, a scientist would breed an organism that lacks that gene — “knocking it ...

Carbon nanotube fibers invented at Rice University may provide the best way to communicate directly with the brain. The fibers ...

Antibiotic resistance is poised to spread globally among bacteria frequently implicated in respiratory and urinary infections in hospital settings, according ...

Magnetic nanoparticles can open the blood-brain barrier and deliver molecules directly to the brain, say researchers from the University of ...