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A research team from the University of Houston has created an algorithm that allowed a man to grasp a bottle and other objects with a...

UBC research shows that chemotherapy can lead to excessive mind wandering and an inability to concentrate. Dubbed 'chemo-brain,' the negative cognitive effects of the cancer...

Stem cells naturally cling to feeder cells as they grow in petri dishes. Scientists have thought for years that this attachment occurs because feeder cells...

4D printing is unfolding as technology that takes 3D printing to an entirely new level.The fourth dimension is time, shape shifting in fact, and the...

A new study led by University of Toronto researcher Dr. David Lam has discovered the trigger behind the most severe forms of cancer pain. Released...

Study captures how 2 brain systems in mammals cooperate to capture sounds and process information. When people hear the sound of footsteps or the drilling...

Chinese scientists say they've genetically modified human embryos for the very first time. The team attempted to modify the gene responsible for β-thalassaemia, a potentially...

Every time you make a memory, somewhere in your brain a tiny filament reaches out from one neuron and forms an electrochemical connection to a...

EPFL scientists discover that certain cell structures, the centrioles, could act as information carriers throughout cell generations. The discovery raises the possibility that transmission of...

Although music perception and practice are well preserved in human evolution, the biological determinants of music practice are largely unknown. Photo Credit: Peter Landecker According...

Bioplastics made from protein sources such as albumin and whey have shown significant antibacterial properties, findings that could eventually lead to their use in plastics...

The latest DNA nanodevices created at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) - including a robot with movable arms, a book that opens and closes, a...

Traditionally, to understand how a gene functions, a scientist would breed an organism that lacks that gene — “knocking it out” — then ask how...

Carbon nanotube fibers invented at Rice University may provide the best way to communicate directly with the brain. The fibers have proven superior to metal...

Antibiotic resistance is poised to spread globally among bacteria frequently implicated in respiratory and urinary infections in hospital settings, according to new research at Washington...