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Hybrid materials combine bacterial cells with nonliving elements that can conduct electricity or emit light. An artist's rendering of a...

Clemson University bioengineering students have created a cost-effective, blood sugar testing kit for diabetics. The kit works in similar fashion...

For the first time, scientists have succeeded in coaxing laboratory cultures of human stem cells to develop into the specialized,...

As stem cells continue their gradual transition from the lab to the clinic, a research group at the University of...

In a world perfumed by freshly popped popcorn and exhaust fumes, where sea breezes can mingle with the scents of...

You wouldn't hear the mating song of the male fruit fly as you reached for the infested bananas in your...

Eyal Amiel didn't think he wanted to study immunology, let alone make a career of it. But as co-author of...

The Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) at the Université de Montréal (UdeM), in collaboration with the Maisonneuve-Rosemont...

Playing a science-based mobile gaming app for 25 minutes can reduce anxiety in stressed individuals, according to research published in...

Stem cells derived from human muscle tissue were able to repair nerve damage and restore function in an animal model...

A team of researchers working at the University of Colorado has found that human stem cells appear to remember the...

It's a jungle in there. In the tightly woven ecosystem of the human gut, trillions of bacteria compete with each...

The first room-temperature light detector that can sense the full infrared spectrum has the potential to put heat vision technology...

Nanotechnology could turn shrubbery into supercharged energy producers or sensors for explosives. Imaging the fluorescence of carbon nanotubes inside leaves...

Capitalizing on the ability of an organism to evolve in response to punishment from a hostile environment, scientists have coaxed...

Your brain's ability to instantly link what you see with what you do is down to a dedicated information 'highway',...

Study shows that fixation devices derived from silkworm silk are potentially attractive alternatives to metal and synthetic-based systems When a...

Team of researchers searched for the foundations of manic-depressive disorder in about 24,000 people First on top of the world...

Soft robots — which don’t just have soft exteriors but are also powered by fluid flowing through flexible channels —...

When Manu Prakash, PhD, wants to impress lab visitors with the durability of his Origami-based paper microscope, he throws it...