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  Using a miniature electronic device implanted in the brain, scientists have tapped into the internal reward system of mice, prodding neurons to release dopamine,...

  A new separation process that depends on an easily-distinguished physical difference in adhesive forces among cells could help expand production of stem cells generated...

At some point, scientists may be able to bring back extinct animals, and perhaps early humans, raising questions of ethics and environmental disruption.

In what might be the first documented case of technologically-assisted interspecies telepathy, an international team of researchers has successfully created a non-invasive brain-to-brain interface that...

Aluminum salts, or alum, have been injected into billions of people as an adjuvant to make vaccines more effective. No one knows, however, how they...

Researchers from NTNU's Kavli Institute of Systems Neuroscience are able to see which cells communicate with each other in the brain by flipping a neural...

  A custom-built programmable 3D printer can create materials with several of the properties of living tissues, Oxford University scientists have demonstrated.

A team of Virginia Tech researchers has discovered a way to extract large quantities of hydrogen from any plant, a breakthrough that has the potential...

In a new discovery that represents a major step in solving a critical design challenge, Arizona State University Professor Hao Yan has led a research...

The White House unveiled a sweeping new initiative on Tuesday to map the individual cells and circuits that make up the human brain, a project...

The term "survival of the fittest" refers to natural selection in biological systems, but Darwin's theory may apply more broadly than that. New research from...

The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University announced  that it was awarded a $9.25 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects...

UK-based scientists have designed an 'intelligent' microchip which they claim can suppress appetite.Animal trials of the electronic implant are about to begin and its makers...

A team of Stanford University bioengineers has taken computing beyond mechanics and electronics into the living realm of biology. They have developed a biological transistor...

Scientists at the University of East Anglia have made an important breakthrough in the quest to generate clean electricity from bacteria. Findings published today in...