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Bionics pioneer Hugh Herr’s prosthetic ankle mimics the power and control of its biological counterpart. Photo Credits: Bryce Vickmark These...

A groundbreaking study published in PLOS ONE by Prof. Iris Berent of Northeastern University and researchers at Harvard Medical School...

Researchers at IBM has given the transistor a major makeover, and it may enable the company to build computers that...

Stem cells in bone marrow need to produce hydrogen sulfide in order to properly multiply and form bone tissue, according...

Tissue engineering has been used to construct natural oesophagi, which in combination with bone marrow stem cells have been safely...

Like rings of a tree, hair can reveal a lot of information about the past. It can tell if a...

As scientists catalog the trillions of bacteria found in every nook and cranny of the human body, a new look...

An article recently published in the International Journal of Surgery shows the potential applications for Google Glass in the surgical...

Synapses are the points of contact at which information is transmitted between neurons. Without them, we would not be able...

Researchers at the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience have recently discovered the process behind this phenomenon. The brain, it turns...

A three-nation clinical trial found that a vaccine can safely help the vast majority of HIV-positive women produce antibodies against...

How do embryos form the cells in our lungs, muscles, nerves and other tissues? A new process decodes the genetic...

By tracking brain activity when an animal stops to look around its environment, neuroscientists at the Johns Hopkins University believe...

Researchers have found a major piece of genetic evidence that confirms the role of a group of virus-fighting genes in...

T-cells are the body’s sentinels, patrolling every corner of the body in search of foreign threats such as bacteria and...

Fresh insights into the processes that control brain cell production could pave the way for treatments for brain cancer and...

A group of researchers in China and the US have successfully created a 3D model of a cancerous tumour using...

Scientists at the University of Basel report first ever successful nose reconstruction surgery using cartilage grown in the laboratory. Cartilage...

Some nanoparticles commonly added to consumer products can significantly damage DNA. Illustration Credits: Christine Daniloff/MIT Thousands of consumer products —...

Johns Hopkins researchers say they have confirmed suspicions that DNA modifications found in the blood of mice exposed to high...