How the Brain Links Memories of Sequential Events
MIT neuroscientists have now discovered how two neural circuits in the brain work together to control the formation of such ...
Live Feed into Our Bodies
A device that can monitor the levels of specific drugs as they flow through the bloodstream may soon take the ...
Researchers Develop Fast Biosensor for Pathogens in Food
The novel biosensor developed by scientists at Rice University in collaboration with colleagues in Thailand and Ireland may make the ...
3-D Imaging Provides Window into Living Cells, No Dye Required
Living cells are ready for their close-ups, thanks to a new imaging technique that needs no dyes or other chemicals, ...
Bio-hybrid Machines
The alien world of aquatic micro-organisms just got new residents: synthetic self-propelled swimming bio-bots. A team of engineers has developed ...
11th IEEE EMBS International Summer School on Biomedical Imaging
The spirit of this Summer School is inspired by the most prestigious school ever founded in France, Saint Flour, the ...
The symphony of life
Like the strings on a violin or the pipes of an organ, the proteins in the human body vibrate in ...
NIH-funded summer program introduces pediatric bioengineering to undergraduates
A new summer training program at Emory University will introduce undergraduate students to research in the field of pediatric bioengineering. ...
First Plastic Cell With Working Organelle
For the first time, chemists have successfully produced an artificial cell containing organelles capable of carrying out the various steps ...
Researchers Develop Smart Gels That Can Deliver Medicine On Demand
Researchers at the University of Delaware have developed a "smart" hydrogel that can deliver medicine on demand, in response to ...
T-Cell Research Sheds Light On Why HIV Can Persist Despite Treatment
Ryan Zurakowski, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Delaware, is co-author of a paper appearing ...
Researchers Develop Bioengineered Bone Marrow
Artificial bone marrow may be used to reproduce hematopoietic stem cells. A prototype has now been developed by scientists of ...
Bio-Inspired Glue Keeps Hearts Securely Sealed
The waterproof, light-activated glue developed by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston Children's Hospital and Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...
Protein motors to create novel nanomachines
Inside our cells, proteins known as myosins can act as a delivery service for biological materials. To better understand how ...
Odor receptors discovered in lungs
Your nose is not the only organ in your body that can sense cigarette smoke wafting through the air. Scientists ...
Meet Geminoid F
Hiroshi Ishiguro, a professor at Osaka University, is famous for creating a robot (Geminoid F). The Geminoid F ("F" stands ...
Researcher turns sights on prostate cancer, tissue engineering, blood vessel repair
When biology and materials science converge, the results can be new materials that can be used to deliver targeted drugs, ...
Epigenetics enigma resolved
Scientists have obtained the first detailed molecular structure of a member of the Tet family of enzymes.The finding is important ...
DNA Clamp to Grab Cancer Before It Develops
As part of an international research project, a team of researchers has developed a DNA clamp that can detect mutations ...
Researchers generate kidney tubular cells from stem cells
Researchers have successfully coaxed stem cells to become kidney tubular cells, a significant advance toward one day using regenerative medicine, ...
