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  Scientists have long been dreaming about building a computer that would work like a brain. This is because a...

The body’s immune system exists to identify and destroy foreign objects, whether they are bacteria, viruses, flecks of dirt or...

Bioengineers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) have successfully generated human kidney cells from human embryonic stem cells...

  Running cockroaches start to recover from being shoved sideways before their dawdling nervous system kicks in to tell their...

For years researchers have been searching for a way to treat diabetics by reactivating their insulin-producing beta cells, with limited...

For the first time an operation has been conducted, at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, where electrodes have been permanently implanted in...

  Humanity came one step closer in January to being able to replicate itself, thanks to the EU’s approval of...

  Two genetically engineered farm animals reported  illustrate how far from Frankenstein’s stitched-together monster animal biotechnology has come. One of...

  University of California, San Diego bioengineers have demonstrated in a study in pigs that a new injectable hydrogel can...

Cornell bioengineers and physicians have created an artificial ear that looks and acts like a natural ear, giving new hope...

Stanford researchers are the first to demonstrate that sophisticated light resonators can be inserted inside living cells without damage to...

  Good mental health and clear thinking depend upon our ability to store and manipulate thoughts on a sort of...

A man who lost his hand in an accident is due to receive the first bionic hand designed to more...

Bioengineering researchers in Associate Professor Jane Grande-Allen’s laboratory at Rice University analyze the biomechanics of heart-valve tissue and the underlying...

Long segments of RNA—encoded in our DNA but not translated into protein—are key to physically manipulating DNA in order to...

Living cells change their shape by applying mechanical tension to their extracellular matrix adhesions and pulling themselves flat against their...

Jessica Richman, a PhD student at Oxford University, has raised more than $290,000 from over 1,300 people who have paid...

In the search for renewable alternatives to gasoline, heavy alcohols such as isobutanol are promising candidates. Not only do they...

The Obama administration is planning a decade-long scientific effort to examine the workings of the human brain and build a...

Researchers developed nano-machines which recreate principal activities of proteins. They present the first versatile and modular example of a fully...