A group of engineers at the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst has announced the creation of an artificial neuron capable of accurately reproducing the electrical functions of biological cells. The breakthrough, based on…
Infertility affects millions of people worldwide and is often associated with the absence of functional gametes. In women, the progressive decline in the quality and quantity of oocytes after the age of 35…
High-density lipoproteins (HDL), also known as “good cholesterol,” remove excess cholesterol from body tissues and transport it to the liver. This process is known to prevent atherosclerosis, the buildup of plaque on artery…
Regenerative medicine has just received a promising innovation: a portable device capable of printing biodegradable implants directly into large bone defects. The equipment, described in a study published in the journal Device, was…
A team of Brazilian researchers is uncovering promising results in the use of earwax to detect cancer at its earliest stages. According to scientists at the Federal University of Goiás (UFG), earwax is…
Few ideas in modern science have reshaped our understanding of reality more profoundly than space-time — the interwoven fabric of space and time at the heart of Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity. Space-time…
Imagine a child with eczema who scratches a patch of irritated skin. A tiny opening forms, invisible to the eye. Into that breach slips a common bacterium, Staphylococcus aureus. For many people, the…
Jennifer Chu | MIT News A new and powerful particle detector just passed a critical test in its goal to decipher the ingredients of the early universe. The sPHENIX detector is the newest experiment at…
A brain implant can decode a person’s internal thoughts, but it only works if the user thinks of a pre-defined password. The device, a brain–computer interface (BCI), was able to decipher up to…
Researchers from Tel Aviv University and Sheba Medical Center achieved an unprecedented feat: creating human mini kidneys — called organoids — in the laboratory from stem cells taken from kidney tissue. These mini…