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The alien world of aquatic micro-organisms just got new residents: synthetic self-propelled swimming bio-bots. A team of engineers has developed a class of tiny bio-hybrid...

The spirit of this Summer School is inspired by the most prestigious school ever founded in France, Saint Flour, the influence of which has spread...

Like the strings on a violin or the pipes of an organ, the proteins in the human body vibrate in different patterns, scientists have long...

A new summer training program at Emory University will introduce undergraduate students to research in the field of pediatric bioengineering. The program is funded by...

For the first time, chemists have successfully produced an artificial cell containing organelles capable of carrying out the various steps of a chemical reaction. This...

Researchers at the University of Delaware have developed a "smart" hydrogel that can deliver medicine on demand, in response to mechanical force. Over the past...

Ryan Zurakowski, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Delaware, is co-author of a paper appearing in Nature Medicine on Jan....

Artificial bone marrow may be used to reproduce hematopoietic stem cells. A prototype has now been developed by scientists of KIT, the Max Planck Institute...

The waterproof, light-activated glue developed by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston Children's Hospital and Massachusetts Institute of Technology can successfully secure biodegradable patches...

Inside our cells, proteins known as myosins can act as a delivery service for biological materials. To better understand how molecular motors move, Stanford bioengineers...

Your nose is not the only organ in your body that can sense cigarette smoke wafting through the air. Scientists at Washington University in St....

Hiroshi Ishiguro, a professor at Osaka University, is famous for creating a robot (Geminoid F). The Geminoid F ("F" stands for female) is also designed...

When biology and materials science converge, the results can be new materials that can be used to deliver targeted drugs, repair damaged arteries or rebuild...

Scientists have obtained the first detailed molecular structure of a member of the Tet family of enzymes.The finding is important for the field of epigenetics...

As part of an international research project, a team of researchers has developed a DNA clamp that can detect mutations at the DNA level with...