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When swimming around, bacteria aren't good with the "pool rules." In small quantities, they'll follow the lanes, but put enough together and they'll begin to...

3-D printing used to construct everything from art to toys to spare parts for the space station may one day produce human organs at a...

Scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified an important step toward potentially shutting down the growth of prostate cancer cells. Dr. Ralf Kittler, Assistant...

Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and Vanderbilt University have created the most detailed 3-D picture yet of a membrane protein that is linked...

Jason Barnes's prosthetic arm will let him live his drumming dream in his first gig this month – but it also adds its own rhythms...

Like a silent bionic army, the era of the cyborg has crept upon us. Like a silent bionic army, the era of the cyborg has...

A novel approach to cancer immunotherapy – strategies designed to induce the immune system to attack cancer cells – may provide a new and cost-effective...

How do we “know” from the movements of speeding car in our field of view if it’s coming straight toward us or more likely to...

Exciting research suggests that a shot every one to three months may someday give an alternative to the daily pills that some people take now...

Research team paves way to scale up manufacturing of large objects using a fully compostable bioplastic made from shrimp shells Researchers at Harvard's Wyss Institute...

A new study led by the University of Melbourne and Orygen Youth Health Research Centre is the first to discover that the brain develops differently...

A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers has induced human embryonic stem cells (hESC) to differentiate toward pure-population, mature heart muscle cells, or cardiomyocytes.A team...

A simple blood test* could pinpoint which children are unlikely to respond to treatment for a particularly aggressive form of neuroblastoma, according to a study...

In a study that began in a pair of infant siblings with a rare heart defect, Johns Hopkins researchers say they have identified a key...

Researchers have identified four biomarkers that help to identify people at high risk of dying from any disease within the next five years. Photo: 123rf...