Wiring diagram of retinal neurons is first step toward mapping the human brain.
The human brain has 100 billion neurons, connected to each other in networks that allow us to interpret the world around us, plan for the...
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Stanford’s bioengineering boot camp for high schoolers
High school students in a Stanford bioengineering boot camp tackled real-world projects, such as using sensors to ensure that surgeons don't accidentally leave pieces of...
Human Epigenomic Map Extended
Ten years ago, scientists announced the end of the Human Genome Project, the international attempt to learn which combination of four nucleotides—adenine, thymine, cytosine, and...
IBM Research reveals new silicon chip foundation inspired by the human brain
Scientists from IBM unveiled a software ecosystem designed for programming silicon chips that have an architecture inspired by the function, low power, and compact volume...
Researchers find key signal that guides brain development
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have decoded an important molecular signal that guides the development of a key region of the brain known...
The temperature tastes just right to insects
Scientists discover previously unknown thermal sensor in insects linked to taste, smell.Call it the Goldilocks Principle — animals can survive and reproduce only if the...
Brain Molecule Regulating Human Emotion, Mood
A RIKEN research team has discovered an enzyme called Rines that regulates MAO-A, a major brain protein controlling emotion and mood. The enzyme is a...
World’s first lab-grown burger to be cooked and eaten
The world's first lab-grown burger is to be unveiled and eaten at a news conference in London on Monday. Scientists took cells from a cow...
Soft Robotic Devices Using Water-Based Gels
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new technique for creating devices out of a water-based hydrogel material that can be patterned, folded...
Researchers have Fabricated a Bioartificial Ear
Researchers have fabricated a bioartificial ear that looks and mechanically behaves like a human one, as revealed in Journal of the Royal Society Interface yesterday....
Microfluidic Breakthrough in Biotechnology
Chemical flasks and inconvenient chemostats for cultivation of bacteria are likely soon to be discarded. Researchers from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish...
New teeth grown from urine
Researchers have grown rudimentary teeth out of the most unlikely of sources, human urine.The results, published in Cell Regeneration Journal, showed that urine could be...
Gold Nanofibers in Bioengineered Heart Tissue
Heart tissue sustains irreparable damage in the wake of a heart attack. Because cells in the heart cannot multiply and the cardiac muscle contains few...
False memories implanted into mice
Scientists have created a false memory in mice by manipulating neurons that bear the memory of a place. The work further demonstrates just how unreliable...
The first commercial tDCS headset that lets you safely overclock your brain
After an interminable wait, the first brain-boosting tDCS headset has finally received FCC approval and will begin shipping in the next few days. Dubbed the...