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The Centre for Blast Injury Studies and the Department of Bioengineering wish to appoint an outstanding individual who will establish an international research profile in...

The US team fitted two rats with devices called brain-to-brain interfaces that let the animals collaborate on simple tasks to earn rewards, such as a...

Two Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers — a stem cell biologist and a practicing cardiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital — have identified a...

Although there are medications that can compensate for the loss of female sex hormone production, the drugs are often not recommended for long-term use due...

In the middle of the South Atlantic, there’s a patch of sea almost devoid of life. There are no birds, few fish, not even much...

Georgia Tech engineers and Emory University clinicians have successfully engrafted insulin-producing cells into a diabetic mouse model, reversing diabetic symptoms in the animal in as...

The sun provides the most abundant source of energy on the planet. However, only a tiny fraction of the solar radiation on Earth is converted...

Researchers have turned conventional DVDs into portable and cheap diagnostic tools for developing countries, and are now adapting their prototype into a workable medical device....

The David H. Murdock Research Institute in Kannapolis received a $50 million gift Wednesday from its founder, David Murdock. The nonprofit institute is part of...

Bioengineered spider protein could be the start of a new generation of anti-venom vaccines, potentially saving thousands of lives worldwide. The new protein, created from...

Society is increasingly becoming more data-driven. Noting the power of vast reservoirs of public information, the federal government launched the Big Data Research and Development...

University of Washington engineers and NanoFacture, a Bellevue, Wash., company, have created a device that can extract human DNA from fluid samples in a simpler,...

Second Sight Medical Products in Sylmar has won approval from the FDA to sell its bionic eye, which helps people regain some of their vision.Robert...

A massive study analyzing gene expression data from 22 tumor types has identified multiple metabolic expression changes associated with cancer. The analysis, conducted by researchers...

The human body contains trillions of cells, all derived from a single cell, or zygote, made by the fusion of an egg and a sperm....