A central question has been answered regarding a protein that plays an essential role in the bacterial immune system and ...

Scientists in Japan showed stem cells can now be made quickly just by dipping blood cells into acid. Stem cells ...

Scientists from Berlin and Heidelberg use artificial nerve cells to classify different types of data Thus, they may recognize handwritten ...

A team of researchers at the University of Toronto has discovered a method of assembling "building blocks" of gold nanoparticles ...

Researchers of the University of Konstanz the first to detect cancer cells using the olfactory senses of fruit flies A ...

Investigators at Johns Hopkins report they have developed human induced-pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) capable of repairing damaged retinal vascular tissue ...

MIT neuroscientists have now discovered how two neural circuits in the brain work together to control the formation of such ...

A device that can monitor the levels of specific drugs as they flow through the bloodstream may soon take the ...

The novel biosensor developed by scientists at Rice University in collaboration with colleagues in Thailand and Ireland may make the ...

Living cells are ready for their close-ups, thanks to a new imaging technique that needs no dyes or other chemicals, ...

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

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

Like the strings on a violin or the pipes of an organ, the proteins in the human body vibrate in ...

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

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

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

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

Artificial bone marrow may be used to reproduce hematopoietic stem cells. A prototype has now been developed by scientists of ...

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

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