Researchers hope sensors using quantum tech could transform biology research. Scientists discovered nuclear magnetic resonance, a physical phenomenon where nuclei absorb and re-emit energy when…
AI-designed Xenobots reveal entirely new form of biological self-replication—promising for regenerative medicine. To persist, life must reproduce. Over billions of years, organisms have evolved many…
An Oak Ridge National Laboratory team has successfully introduced a poplar gene into switchgrass, an important biofuel source, that allows switchgrass to interact with a…
The creation of nanoscale computers for use in precision health care has long been a dream of many scientists and health care providers. Now, for…
Using CRISPR/Cas9 technology, scientists develop and study gene-edited barley that resists pre-harvest sprouting. After a spell of unexpected rain, before the harvest season, a farmer…
Yekaterina “Kate” Shulgina was a first year student in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, looking for a short computational biology project so she…
Artificial intelligence affords unprecedented insights into how biomolecules work. A new analytical technique is able to provide hitherto unattainable insights into the extremely rapid dynamics…
eToeholds are engineered control elements that could make RNA therapeutics safer, cell therapies more effective, and enable novel forms of biodetection. RNAs are best known…
Penn State researchers develop first-of-its-kind wearable, noninvasive glucose monitoring device prototype. Noninvasive glucose monitoring devices are not currently commercially available in the United States, so…
A technique that measures the metabolic activity of bacteria with an electric probe can identify antibiotic resistance in less than 90 minutes, a dramatic improvement…
Researchers have assembled a high-quality Isoetes genome that furthers understanding how these aquatic plants regulate CAM photosynthesis to compete for carbon dioxide underwater, and how…
Tracing the Impact of a Long-Lost Relative on Modern Bread Wheat Genetic detective work has uncovered an obscure ancestor of modern bread wheat, in a…
A new RNA-based control switch could be used to trigger production of therapeutic proteins to treat cancer or other diseases. Researchers at MIT and Harvard…
The technology could be developed as a rapid diagnostic for Covid-19 or other emerging pathogens. Using specialized carbon nanotubes, MIT engineers have designed a novel…
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists have developed a new method for 3D printing living microbes in controlled patterns, expanding the potential for using engineered…
Actuator Discovery Outperforms Existing Technology University of Houston researchers are reporting a breakthrough in the field of materials science and engineering with the development of…
Predictive, preventive, personalized, and participatory medicine, known as P4, is the healthcare of the future. To both accelerate its adoption and maximize its potential, clinical…
The new devices, custom made to fit individuals, could mean massive improvements in the monitoring and treatment of diseases, the testing of new drugs, and…