Bionic ankle ’emulates nature’
Bionics pioneer Hugh Herr’s prosthetic ankle mimics the power and control of its biological counterpart. Photo Credits: Bryce Vickmark These days, Hugh Herr, an associate...
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Our Brains are Hardwired for Language
A groundbreaking study published in PLOS ONE by Prof. Iris Berent of Northeastern University and researchers at Harvard Medical School shows the brains of individual...
IBM creates liquid-based transistors that can process data like the human brain
Researchers at IBM has given the transistor a major makeover, and it may enable the company to build computers that function more like the way...
Artificial blood ‘will be manufactured in factories’
Wellcome Trust-funded stem cell research has produced red blood cells fit for transfusion into humans, paving the way for the mass production of blood Photo...
Proper Stem Cell Function Requires Hydrogen Sulfide
Stem cells in bone marrow need to produce hydrogen sulfide in order to properly multiply and form bone tissue, according to a new study from...
Regenerated Esophagus Transplanted in Rats
Tissue engineering has been used to construct natural oesophagi, which in combination with bone marrow stem cells have been safely and effectively transplanted in rats....
Hair from infants gives clues about their life in the womb
Like rings of a tree, hair can reveal a lot of information about the past. It can tell if a person recently used drugs or...
Human Microbiome Project: a map of every bacterium in the body
As scientists catalog the trillions of bacteria found in every nook and cranny of the human body, a new look by the University of Michigan...
Potential Use of Google Glass in Surgical Settings
An article recently published in the International Journal of Surgery shows the potential applications for Google Glass in the surgical setting, particularly in relation to...
Synapses Learning
Synapses are the points of contact at which information is transmitted between neurons. Without them, we would not be able to form thoughts or remember...
Why your nose can be a pathfinder
Researchers at the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience have recently discovered the process behind this phenomenon. The brain, it turns out, connects smells to memories...
HIV+ women respond well to HPV vaccine
A three-nation clinical trial found that a vaccine can safely help the vast majority of HIV-positive women produce antibodies against the cancer-causing human papillomavirus, even...
Reverse engineering to develop lung
How do embryos form the cells in our lungs, muscles, nerves and other tissues? A new process decodes the genetic instructions that enable the all-purpose...
Brain activity may mark beginning of memories
By tracking brain activity when an animal stops to look around its environment, neuroscientists at the Johns Hopkins University believe they can mark the birth...
Virus-fighting genes linked to mutations in cancer
Researchers have found a major piece of genetic evidence that confirms the role of a group of virus-fighting genes in cancer development. Dr Serena Nik-Zainal,...
