Scientists ‘herd’ cells in new approach to tissue engineering
Researchers at UC Berkeley found that an electrical current can be used to orchestrate the flow of a group of cells, an achievement that could...
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The Cyborgs Era Has Started
Medical implants, complex interfaces between brain and machine or remotely controlled insects: Recent developments combining machines and organisms have great potentials. In a new review,...
Japan stem cell scientist calls for retraction of study
A co-author of a Japanese study that promised a revolutionary way to create stem cells has called for the headline-grabbing research to be retracted over...
Researchers describe microbe that ‘eats’ electricity
There have been plenty of fad diets that captured the public's imagination over the years, but Harvard scientists have identified what may be the strangest...
Renewable sources for artificial scents and flavors
Fresh banana, a waft of flowers, blueberry: the scents in Shota Atsumi's laboratory in the UC Davis Department of Chemistry are a little sweeter than...
Researchers decrease pain sensitivity using light
A team of Bio-X researchers at Stanford has developed mice whose sensitivity to pain can be dialed up or down by shining light on their...
Microdevice Design Research Assistant – Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
The Microdevice Design Research Assistant IV will perform research and collaborate with Institute faculty, staff, fellow and students in the creation and execution of research...