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One in a thousand children in the United States is deaf, and one in three adults will experience significant hearing...

Sometimes, research yields unexpected results. At Rutgers University–Camden, a group working together to decipher the genetic basis of cell shapes...

An advanced assay quickly illuminates bacteria for more rapid, accurate detection. Ever wonder why fruits and vegetables sometimes hit the...

Scientists at A*STAR's Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) have developed a method to generate human induced pluripotent stem...

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...

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...

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 —...

Intelligent people are more likely to trust others, while those who score lower on measures of intelligence are less likely...