Post-Doctoral Research Fellow : Seattle, WA, United States
A Postdoctoral Research Fellow position is available immediately in the Clinical Research Division of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC), Seattle, WA. The successful...
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Embryonic stem cells: Reprogramming in early embryos
An Oregon Health & Science University scientist has been able to make embryonic stem cells from adult mouse body cells using the cytoplasm of two-cell...
Researchers identify good bacteria that protects against HIV
Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston by growing vaginal skin cells outside the body and studying the way they interact with...
Light-Based Chip Inspired by Our Brain
In a recent paper in Nature Communications, researchers from Ghent University report on a novel paradigm to do optical information processing on a chip, using...
Brain implant to be developed as a novel treatment for epilepsy
A new technique which could revolutionise the treatment of epilepsy is to be tested thanks to a £10 million grant from the Wellcome Trust and...
Scientists Move Closer to Inventing Artificial Life
An international team of scientists led by Jef Boeke, PhD, director of NYU Langone Medical Center’s Institute for Systems Genetics, has synthesized the first functional...
This brain implant may help people walk again
Neural probe arrays are expected to significantly benefit the lives of amputees and people affected by spinal cord injuries or severe neuromotor diseases. By providing...
Logical circuits built using living slime molds
A future computer might be a lot slimier than the solid silicon devices we have today. In a study published in the journal Materials Today,...
First comprehensive atlas of human gene activity
A Large international consortium of researchers has produced the first comprehensive, detailed map of the way genes work across the major cells and tissues of...
Benchtop Human
Significant progress toward creating "homo minutus" -- a benchtop human -- was reported at the Society of Toxicology meeting on Mar. 26 in Phoenix. The...
Could a Robot Deliver Motivational Speeches?
Imagine a day when a form of artificial intelligence could deliver a speech as compelling as one given by a human. A nonprofit organization called...
Building heart tissue that beat
When a heart gets damaged, such as during a major heart attack, there’s no easy fix. But scientists working on a way to repair the...
Researchers reconstruct facial images locked in a viewer’s mind
Using only data from an fMRI scan, researchers led by a Yale University undergraduate have accurately reconstructed images of human faces as viewed by other...
Generator uses the human body as an electrode to power portable electronics
It's well-known that the human body is a good conductor of electricity, and now researchers have taken advantage of this fact to create a small...
Bioengineered bacteria produce biofuel alternative for high-energy rocket fuel
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Joint BioEnergy Institute have engineered a bacterium to synthesize pinene, a hydrocarbon produced by trees that...