Nanoscale Solar Cells Are Better than Classic Solar Cells

Nanoscale Solar Cells Are Better than Classic Solar Cells

Energy efficiency matters when cells work in groups

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • August 19th, 2015
Nearly Complete Human Brain Grown in the Lab from Skin Cells

Nearly Complete Human Brain Grown in the Lab from Skin Cells

The organoid replicates the brain of a 5-week-old fetus

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • August 1st, 2015
Researchers Watch Cancer Tumors Grow in Real Time

Researchers Watch Cancer Tumors Grow in Real Time

Tumor growth is a complex process, they say

  • Health
  • By Horia Despa
  • June 30th, 2015
Single Cells Can Be Made to Levitate with Magnets

Single Cells Can Be Made to Levitate with Magnets

Magnetism can help us read a cell's type and life expectancy

Scientists Grow Fully Functional Brain Tissue in the Lab

Scientists Grow Fully Functional Brain Tissue in the Lab

What they grew were essentially miniature cortices

Electronic Cigarettes Mess With the Lungs Too, Study Finds

Electronic Cigarettes Mess With the Lungs Too, Study Finds

Research reveals certain flavorings added to electronic cigarette liquid can affect the cells that comprise the lungs

Artificial Muscle Made from Onions Can Expand, Contract and Even Bend

Artificial Muscle Made from Onions Can Expand, Contract and Even Bend

New research paper details the use of onion cells to engineer artificial muscle behaving just like the real deal

This Microscope Stands 3 Meters (10 Feet) Tall, Cost $5M (€4.4M) to Make

This Microscope Stands 3 Meters (10 Feet) Tall, Cost $5M (€4.4M) to Make

The state-of-the-art microscope was unveiled by scientists at Monash University in Australia this February 2

Watch: How Moisturizers Work, as Explained by Science

Watch: How Moisturizers Work, as Explained by Science

Moisturizers help make our skin smooth and soft, science video explains what they contain and how they work

Butterfly Wings Grown in the Laboratory in World First

Butterfly Wings Grown in the Laboratory in World First

Team of researchers in the UK uses cells taken from a butterfly to grow fully formed insect forewings

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 10th, 2014
Teeny Tiny Pyramids Made of DNA Deliver Drugs to Bacterial Cells

Teeny Tiny Pyramids Made of DNA Deliver Drugs to Bacterial Cells

Researchers say the drugs are more efficient when delivered using these pyramids

Innovative Method Prints Living Cells with Near-Perfect Survival Rate

Innovative Method Prints Living Cells with Near-Perfect Survival Rate

The approach is also considerably cheaper than any other available today

Cellular Biomolecules Can Now Be Imaged in Exquisite Detail

Cellular Biomolecules Can Now Be Imaged in Exquisite Detail

Researchers in the United States develop new imaging method

Artificial Cells Made via 3D Printing Process Involving Hydrogel – Video

Artificial Cells Made via 3D Printing Process Involving Hydrogel – Video

The method used to make them is called hydrogel stamping

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 14th, 2013
Single-Celled Algae Turn into Multicellular Organisms in New Study

Single-Celled Algae Turn into Multicellular Organisms in New Study

The research provides new insights into the complexity of biology

Cruel Animal Tests Could Become Obsolete in 5 Years' Time

Cruel Animal Tests Could Become Obsolete in 5 Years' Time

3D-printing technologies are expected to replace animal tests in the not so distant future

  • Science
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 7th, 2013
Trio of Researchers Wins the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Trio of Researchers Wins the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

The prize has been awarded to one German and two American researchers

 
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