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Glial cells -- a family of cells found in the human central nervous system and, until recently, considered mere "housekeepers" -- now appear to be...

The veined wing of the clanger cicada kills bacteria solely through its physical structure — one of the first natural surfaces found to do so....

The flip of a single molecular switch helps create the mature neuronal connections that allow the brain to bridge the gap between adolescent impressionability and...

The Rice lab of bioengineer Ka-Yiu San is part of a recently announced $25 million United States Department of Agriculture project to develop a new...

  The discovery and analysis of an extremely rare African American Y chromosome pushes back the time of the most recent common ancestor for the...

National Taiwan University is a national co-educational research university located in Taipei, Taiwan. In Taiwan, it is colloquially known as "Táidà". Its 1,086,167 m2 main...

A "Google Map" model of human metabolism has been produced by an international team of bioengineers, offering "improved predictive capability" over its predecessor.

A team of researchers from UMass Medical School, the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and the University of Mississippi Medical Center have reported the first case...

A study published today in the journal Nature reports that a viral predator of the cholera bacteria has stolen the functional immune system of bacteria...

In a significant advance for brain-machine interfaces, engineers at Brown University have developed a novel wireless, broadband, rechargeable, fully implantable brain sensor that has performed...

For the first time, scientists have shown that transplanted eyes located far outside the head in a vertebrate animal model can confer vision without a...

Fat worms confirm that researchers from Michigan State University have successfully bioengineered a plant with oily leaves ­– a feat that could enhance biofuel production...

  Scientists have long been dreaming about building a computer that would work like a brain. This is because a brain is far more energy-saving...

The body’s immune system exists to identify and destroy foreign objects, whether they are bacteria, viruses, flecks of dirt or splinters. Unfortunately, nanoparticles designed to...

Bioengineers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) have successfully generated human kidney cells from human embryonic stem cells in vitro1. Specifically, they produced...