A new generation of miniature biological robots is flexing its muscle. Engineers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign demonstrated a class of walking “bio-bots” powered by muscl... Read more
Tübingen researchers ask: do herbicides alter ecosystems around the world? Scant research makes it hard to prove. The number of humans on the planet has almost doubled in the past 50 years ?... Read more
These cells can actually attack HIV-infected cells in a living organism Expanding on previous research providing proof-of-principle that human stem cells can be genetically engineered into H... Read more
Marks the beginnings of the field of bionanoprotonics. One of the barriers that stops us from plugging computers into our brains and replacing our eyeballs with cameras is the fact that biol... Read more
Attempting to create “life” from carbon-free, inorganic chemicals All life on Earth is carbon-based, which has led to the widespread assumption that any other life that may exist... Read more