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These nanosponges, which thus far have been studied in mice, can neutralize “pore-forming toxins,” which destroy cells by poking holes...

When molecular biology methods failed her, Sangeeta Bhatia turned to engineering and microfabrication to build a liver from scratch.Liver cells...

Last summer, in a Harvard robotics laboratory, an insect took flight. Half the size of a paper clip, weighing less...

Practitioners of DNA origami have spent the better part of the past decade folding the molecule into minuscule smiley faces,...

The ability to short-circuit debilitating tremors in disease states with implantable stimulators is nothing short of remarkable. The same can...

Scientists have made a step forward in their ability to mimic the sense of touch.A team from the US and...

Reporting in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Tomás González-Villa and colleagues devised a recipe for improving beer foam....

A study at UW-Madison is the first to show that human stem cells can successfully implant themselves in the brain...

Genetically engineered immune cells can drive an aggressive type of leukaemia into retreat, a small clinical trial suggests. The results...

For the first time, scientists reporting in Nature Medicine have created lab-grown kidneys in rats that produce urine after transplantation....

Better diagnosis and treatment of cancer could hinge on the ability to better understand a single cell at its molecular...

The effort is part of a sweeping movement to grab hold of our genetic data and directly improve the way...

The researchers have engineered small molecules that support long-lived quantum coherences. Coherences are the macroscopically observable behavior of quantum superpositions....

But in low doses, hydrogen sulfide could greatly enhance plant growth, leading to a sharp increase in global food supplies...

Their discovery in mice is likely to further fuel a recent scramble by researchers to identify roles for long-neglected bits...

  Researchers at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine have discovered a technique that directly converts skin cells to the...

For the first time, scientists reporting in Nature Medicine have created lab-grown kidneys in rats that produce urine after transplantation. 

The creation of the first complete visual map of the telomerase enzyme, which is known to play a significant role...

  The stunning video embedded in this post illustrates a new way of looking at the brain. Scientists at Stanford...

  Using a miniature electronic device implanted in the brain, scientists have tapped into the internal reward system of mice,...