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Researchers have developed a potential new weapon in the fight against cancer: a daisy-shaped drug carrier that’s many thousands of...

It sounds like something from the scene in Star Wars where Master Yoda instructs the young Luke Skywalker to use...

People with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) are at increased risk of converting to Alzheimer's disease within a few years, but...

Imagine being able to recognize your car as your own but never being able to remember where you parked it....

The motor neurons that innervate muscle fibres are essential for motor activity. Their degeneration in many diseases causes paralysis and...

A team of scientists led by The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute successfully created a human stem...

How do we know where we are? How can we find the way from one place to another? And how...

Researchers have brought ultra-fast, nano-scale data storage within striking reach, using technology that mimics the human brain. Dr Sharath Sriram,...

Scientists at the University of Southampton have discovered that a region on the front surface of the eye harbours special...

Just look into the light: not quite, but researchers at the UC Davis Center for Neuroscience and Department of Psychology...

Even before he lost his right hand to an industrial accident 4 years ago, Igor Spetic had family open his...

After more than 20 years of research, a team of scientists are bioengineering penises in the lab which may soon...

Scientists from the University of Leeds have taken a crucial step forward in bio-nanotechnology, a field that uses biology to...

Yeast are commonly used to transform corn and other plant materials into biofuels such as ethanol. However, large concentrations of...

Given a choice, most patients would prefer to take a drug orally instead of getting an injection. Unfortunately, many drugs,...

For years, neuroscientists have been trying to develop tools that would allow them to clearly view the brain's circuitry in...

A novel sensor that can wirelessly relay pressure readings from inside a tumor has been developed by researchers. Wireless interstitial...

Scientists at the Salk Institute have discovered an on-and-off “switch” in cells that may hold the key to healthy aging....

Neuroscientists have found that a gene mutation that arose more than half a million years ago may be key to...

World leaders face multiple barriers in their efforts to reach agreement on greenhouse gas emission policies. And, according to Arizona...