Neural probe arrays are expected to significantly benefit the lives of amputees and people affected by spinal cord injuries or ...

A future computer might be a lot slimier than the solid silicon devices we have today. In a study published ...

A Large international consortium of researchers has produced the first comprehensive, detailed map of the way genes work across the ...

Significant progress toward creating "homo minutus" -- a benchtop human -- was reported at the Society of Toxicology meeting on ...

Imagine a day when a form of artificial intelligence could deliver a speech as compelling as one given by a ...

When a heart gets damaged, such as during a major heart attack, there’s no easy fix. But scientists working on ...

Using only data from an fMRI scan, researchers led by a Yale University undergraduate have accurately reconstructed images of human ...

It's well-known that the human body is a good conductor of electricity, and now researchers have taken advantage of this ...

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Joint BioEnergy Institute have engineered a bacterium to synthesize pinene, a ...

Plans for a new type of DNA vaccine to protect against the deadly HIV and Hepatitis C viruses have taken ...

Billionaire tech entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, along with actor Ashton Kutcher, have joined forces to make a $40 ...

Stem cell model shows nerve cells develop, behave and respond to lithium differently – opening doors to potential new treatments. ...

"Imagine turning on your home lab kit, pricking your finger, and blotting the blood on an array of fiber probes. ...

Hugh Herr, director of the Biomechatronics Group at The MIT Media Lab, strolls onto the TED2014 stage in a pair ...

A new technique, developed by researchers in the Quantitative Light Imaging Laboratory at the Beckman Institute at the University of ...

A 15-year-old high school sophomore from Westford, Nathan has earned international renown — and a nice chunk of money — ...

Caffeine-fueled cram sessions are routine occurrences on any college campus. But what if there was a better, safer way to ...

One in a thousand children in the United States is deaf, and one in three adults will experience significant hearing ...

Sometimes, research yields unexpected results. At Rutgers University–Camden, a group working together to decipher the genetic basis of cell shapes ...

An advanced assay quickly illuminates bacteria for more rapid, accurate detection. Ever wonder why fruits and vegetables sometimes hit the ...