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New technology from MIT and Harvard can edit DNA at the genome scale, giving cells novel functions. MIT and Harvard...

Chinese scientists have produced a herd of bioengineered cows that make milk that could substitute for human breast milk --...

The robotic exoskeleton eLegs could be a game changer for spinal cord injury rehabilitation

  As engineers begin to build tiny aircraft for tasks such as military-related surveillance and post-disaster search, they are turning...

A pathway whereby bacteria communicate with each other has been discovered by researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The...

Harvard University neurobiologists have created mice that can "smell" light, providing a potent new tool that could help researchers better...

  NASA's Human Research Program is all about risk reduction, finding ways to counter fatigue and mitigate radiation damage, among...

Scientists in Hong Kong and the United States have mapped hundreds of thousands of DNA code variations spread across the...

Evan Hendrick, a mechanical engineering senior, demonstrated a bionic glove during the College of Engineering's Student Design Project Showcase held...

TULANE (US)—Researchers have designed SafeSnip, an inexpensive device that could prevent millions of infection-related neonatal deaths in developing countries. The...

Researchers have developed device to detect microscopic signs of cancer, bombs and impure water. Both cancer cells and the chemicals...

Biomimicry – technological innovation inspired by nature – is one of the hottest ideas in science but has yet to...

Some day, heart attack survivors might have a patch of laboratory-grown muscle placed in their heart, to replace areas that...

Claudia Mitchell, who lives in Ellicott City, is the fourth person — and first woman — to receive a “bionic”...

UC Davis researchers have successfully used a custom designed protein and gene delivery system to restore normal heart rhythms in...

Bladders engineered in the laboratory from patients' own cells and then implanted into the body have succeeded in their first...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty yesterday approved a new course of study for undergraduates, in biological engineering, the first...

A man has enjoyed his first real dinner in nine years after a pioneering operation to rebuild his jaw using...

"We're going to be able to write DNA. What do we want to say?" Professor Drew Endy of biological engineering...

MIT researchers and colleagues have released the first draft of the dog genome sequence, which could aid the characterization of...