New High-Tech Lab Records the Brain and Body in Action
How does an autistic child take in information when he sits in a classroom abuzz with social activity? How long does it take someone with...
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Scientists combine bacteria with liquid crystals
When swimming around, bacteria aren't good with the "pool rules." In small quantities, they'll follow the lanes, but put enough together and they'll begin to...
3-D Technology May Someday Print Up New Livers
3-D printing used to construct everything from art to toys to spare parts for the space station may one day produce human organs at a...
Researchers identify target for shutting down growth of prostate cancer cells
Scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified an important step toward potentially shutting down the growth of prostate cancer cells. Dr. Ralf Kittler, Assistant...
Scientists create detailed picture of protein linked to learning, pain and brain disorders
Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and Vanderbilt University have created the most detailed 3-D picture yet of a membrane protein that is linked...
Bionic arm gives cyborg drummer superhuman skills
Jason Barnes's prosthetic arm will let him live his drumming dream in his first gig this month – but it also adds its own rhythms...
Welcome to the Age of the Bionic Superbug
Like a silent bionic army, the era of the cyborg has crept upon us. Like a silent bionic army, the era of the cyborg has...
Novel cancer vaccine holds promise against ovarian cancer
A novel approach to cancer immunotherapy – strategies designed to induce the immune system to attack cancer cells – may provide a new and cost-effective...
Motion-Sensing Cells in the Eye Let the Brain ‘Know’ About Directional Changes
How do we “know” from the movements of speeding car in our field of view if it’s coming straight toward us or more likely to...
Studies show big promise for HIV prevention drug
Exciting research suggests that a shot every one to three months may someday give an alternative to the daily pills that some people take now...
Manufacturing a solution to planet-clogging plastics
Research team paves way to scale up manufacturing of large objects using a fully compostable bioplastic made from shrimp shells Researchers at Harvard's Wyss Institute...
Brain development provides insights into adolescent depression
A new study led by the University of Melbourne and Orygen Youth Health Research Centre is the first to discover that the brain develops differently...
Stem cell advance yields mature heart muscle cells
A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers has induced human embryonic stem cells (hESC) to differentiate toward pure-population, mature heart muscle cells, or cardiomyocytes.A team...
Simple blood test could improve treatment for deadly childhood cancer
A simple blood test* could pinpoint which children are unlikely to respond to treatment for a particularly aggressive form of neuroblastoma, according to a study...
Researchers find protein ‘switch’ central to heart cell division
In a study that began in a pair of infant siblings with a rare heart defect, Johns Hopkins researchers say they have identified a key...