You can Play the Brain Like a Piano
Scientists are learning how to turn neurons on and off at will by shining light into caverns of the mind, a technique that someday might...
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New avenue in neurobiology
Anew finding by Harvard stem cell biologists turns one of the basics of neurobiology on its head by demonstrating that it is possible to...
Editing the genome with high precision
Researchers at MIT, the Broad Institute and Rockefeller University have developed a new technique for precisely altering the genomes of living cells by adding or...
Unlocking New Talents in Nature
Protein engineers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have tapped into a hidden talent of one of nature's most versatile catalysts. The enzyme cytochrome...
Programmed Immune Stem Cells
The human body contains immune cells programmed to fight cancer and viral infections, but they often have short lifespans and are not numerous enough to...
No universal code for gene control
UC San Diego bioengineers have dashed the hopes of scientists looking for an easy way to determine how genes are turned off and on by...
Tufts Bioengineers to Research Robots of the Future
A five-year grant from the National Science Foundation to Tufts University will help launch an interdisciplinary graduate program to enable scientists and engineers to create...
A Simpler Path To a Catalyst
 Bioengineers at ETH Zurich developed a new synthesis procedure for a catalyst. This procedure may be used for the large-scale production of, for instance,...
A cell for a cell
If you ever need to isolate a single bacterial cell, why not build it a prison cell? This is the approach that Bryan Kaehr and...
Lone Frank: Find out what makes you tick
Genetic tests can offer deep insights into your future health. But would you really want to know?
£20 Million for Bioengineering Centre
The University of Exeter has announced plans to build a research centre to develop strategies for diagnosing and treating diseases. It is hoped that the...
Stem Cell Reprogramming
Some people dress up their pets in clothes so that they will look more like their human owners. Turns out, a similar thing happens in...
Biongineers plan to upload bee brains to flying robots
Biongineers from the universities of Sheffield and Sussex are planning on scanning the brains of bees and uploading them into autonomous flying robots that will...
Prestigious award for bionic eye scientists
For their pioneering work on developing a bionic eye, two University of New South Wales (UNSW) engineers have been honoured with a prestigious research achievement...
Bioengineers have developed a prototype ultra-sensitive sensor
Bioengineers have developed a prototype ultra-sensitive sensor that would enable doctors to detect the early stages of diseases and viruses with the naked eye, according...