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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...