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A microscopic obstacle course of carefully spaced pillars enables researchers to observe cancer cells directly as they break away from...

As children shift from counting on their fingers to remembering math facts, the hippocampus and its functional circuits support the...

A single factor can reset the immune system of mice to a state likely similar to what it was 500...

Researchers at Virginia Tech and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have used a computer-aided design tool to create genetic languages...

cientists at Washington State University have identified a crucial step in DNA repair that could lead to targeted gene therapy...

Imitation, they say, is the sincerest form of flattery, but mimicking the intricate networks and dynamic interactions that are inherent...

While the powerful solvents known as ionic liquids show great promise for liberating fermentable sugars from lignocellulose and improving the...

A team led by researchers at the University of Exeter Medical School and King's College London has uncovered some of...

Scientists from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) have discovered mutations in genes that lead to childhood leukaemia of the...

Stem cell therapy is a promising option for repairing heart tissue damaged by heart attack. However, the main obstacle to...

Bacteria’s ability to destroy viruses has long puzzled scientists, but researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health...

The first thousand-robot flash mob has assembled at Harvard University. “Form a sea star shape,” directs a computer scientist, sending...

Researchers from The University of Western Australia have shown that electromagnetic stimulation can alter brain organisation which may make your...

The discovery throws open the door to a new arena of science that explores how plants communicate with each other...

It sounds like science fiction, but it seems that bacteria within us — which outnumber our own cells about 100-fold...

When faced with pathogens, the immune system summons a swarm of cells made up of soldiers and peacekeepers. The peacekeeping...

How close is genomics to showing us how the human brain evolved? Recently three geneticists at the forefront of human...

Normal microorganisms in the intestines appear to play a pivotal role in how the HIV virus foils a successful attack...

Gene-based personalized medicine has many possibilities for diagnosis and targeted therapy, but one big bottleneck: the expensive and time-consuming DNA-sequencing...