New Artificial Legs That Emulate Healthy Limbs
Recent advances in robotics technology make it possible to create prosthetics that can duplicate the natural movement of human legs. This capability promises to dramatically...
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Researcher finds novel genetic patterns that make us rethink biology and individuality
Professor of Genetics Scott Williams, PhD, of the Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Sciences (iQBS) at Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine, has made two novel discoveries:...
Bioengineering
Bioengineering is the application of concepts and methods of biology (and secondarily of physics, chemistry, mathematics, and computer science) to solve real-world problems related to...
Bio-Patch That Can Regrow Bone
The bone-regeneration kit relies on a collagen platform seeded with particles containing the genes needed for producing bone. In experiments, the gene-encoding bio patch successfully...
Scientists Solve Major Piece in the Origin of Biological Complexity
Scientists have puzzled for centuries over how and why multicellular organisms evolved the almost universal trait of using single cells, such as eggs and sperm,...
Neuroelectronics Make Smarter Computer Chips
Kwabena Boahen got his first computer in 1982, when he was a teenager living in Accra. “It was a really cool device,” he recalls. He...
Nothing in life is to be feared
"Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood" - Marie Curie
The Human Connectome Project
Navigate the brain in a way that was never before possible; fly through major brain pathways, compare essential circuits, zoom into a region to explore...
Researchers gain new insights into brain neuronal networks
A paper published in a special edition of the journal Science proposes a novel understanding of brain architecture using a network representation of connections within...
‘Biohacker’ Implants Chip in Arm
A self-described "biohacker" had a big electronic chip — almost as large as a deck of cards — inserted beneath the skin of his arm....
Slowing down DNA with light
The Opto-electrical effect can be used to control the passage of DNA molecules through nanopore sensors, thereby leading to more accurate sensing and sequencing of...
Microbe Computers
Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron is one of the good guys. Known simply as Bt, it is an abundant member of the estimated 500 to 1,000 species of...
Daydreaming simulated by computer model
Scientists have created a virtual model of the brain that daydreams like humans do. Researchers created the computer model based on the dynamics of brain...
Breakthrough for Cancer Drug Delivery
Today, scientists from IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) published a breakthrough drug-delivery technique, demonstrating the first biodegradable, biocompatible and...
