Normal scar tissue forms to heal an internal wound and quietly retreats when the job is done. But in many common diseases — kidney, liver and lung fibrosis — the scar tissue goes rogue and s... Read more
Robots as inconspicuous as they are ubiquitous represent the vision of researchers in the new and burgeoning field of material robotics. In an invited perspective paper published today in Sc... Read more
Light can be used as an accurate method to control gene expression, shows groundbreaking optogenetics study by University of Colorado, Duke University and University of Helsinki researchers.... Read more
Researchers create a self-healing, transparent, highly stretchable material that can be electrically activated and used to improve batteries, electronic devices, and robots Scientists, inclu... Read more
There are thousands of drugs that silence many thousands of cancer-causing genetic abnormalities. Some of these drugs are in use now, but many of these drugs are sitting on shelves or could... Read more
Scientists cured mice of stress-induced depression using new drugs. For the last century, research on depression has focused on neurons. But a new study by Israeli and American researchers s... Read more
Scientists hopeful for applications in people A revolutionary gene therapy developed in Colorado could relieve people’s chronic pain, such as arthritis or fibromyalgia but first, it is... Read more
Researchers from the Ames Laboratory and the University of Colorado have spent a few months wandering through corn fields on farms in the Midwest to gather information on how wind turbines i... Read more