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A new technique that allows scientists to measure the electrical activity in the communication junctions of the nervous systems has been developed by a researcher...

A team of researchers led by King's College London has for the first time identified a new gene which may have the ability to prevent...

Drew Endy is being chosen as a White House Champion of Change for the vision he has demonstrated and for his commitment to open science!...

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have developed a revolutionary new method for identifying and characterizing antibiotics, an advance that could lead to...

Scientists have succeeded in growing stem cells that have the ability to develop into two different types of cells that make up a healthy pancreas....

Each cell in an organism has a sensor that measures the health of its "internal" environment. This "alarm" is found in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER),...

A duo of scientists at Penn State University has achieved a major milestone in understanding how genomic "dark matter" originates. This "dark matter" -- called...

Two years ago, Anthony Atala took to the stage at TED and showed the world that human organs could be 3D printed. Now, a team...

A diverse team of researchers from the U.S., China, and Singapore has created a patch that when glued to the skin can be used as...

European scientists, led by researchers from the University of Geneva’s Faculty of Medicine (UNIGE) in the GEUVADIS project, present a map that points to the...

A South Side native’s $6.5 million donation to the University of Illinois at Chicago bioengineering department will fund new ways of preventing, diagnosing and treating...

University of Utah bioengineers discovered our understanding of language may depend more heavily on vision than previously thought: under the right conditions, what you see...

Research from the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio suggests the exciting possibility of using cell transplants...

Previously believed to be only man-made, a natural example of a functioning gear mechanism has been discovered in a common insect - showing that evolution...

Creating energy solutions for communities throughout the world poses serious challenges, but a group of undergraduates thinks its idea might be a bright alternative. Called...