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Bioengineers at the University of California, San Diego have discovered that mouse embryos are contemplating their cellular fates in the earliest stages after fertilization when...

Researchers have made great progress in recent years in the design and creation of biological circuits — systems that, like electronic circuits, can take a...

US researchers have revealed the identity of molecules on the surface of cancer cells which allow the body's immune system to identify and destroy them....

As real as that daydream may seem, its path through your brain runs opposite reality. Aiming to discern discrete neural circuits, researchers at the University...

There are plenty of body parts that don’t grow back when you lose them. Nails are an exception, and a new study published in The...

Sleep is a critical period for memory consolidation, and most people don’t get enough. Research has shown that even brief periods of sleep deprivation can...

A new study has shown for the first time that people can be trained to “see” letters of the alphabet as colours in a way...

PhD student Andrea Ippolito improves health care through engineering, entrepreneurship, and systems design.For as long as she can remember, Andrea Ippolito has known that she...

MIT chemists have developed new nanoparticles that can simultaneously perform magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and fluorescent imaging in living animals. Such particles could help scientists...

Although every person's DNA remains the same throughout their lives, scientists know that it functions differently at different ages. As people age, drastic changes occur...

Researchers study how group interaction influences where female fruit flies lay their eggs Fruit flies do not always conform to the norm. When female fruit...

UC Davis researchers are getting a new look at the workings of HIV and other viruses thanks to new techniques in electron microscopy developed on...

Chemists have developed a revolutionary new way to manufacture natural chemicals and used it to assemble a scarce anti-inflammatory drug with potential to treat cancer...

When a viral infection spread through five genetically identical mice in a row, the virus replicated faster and became more virulent or severe. But when...