A team of researchers at the University of Minnesota have, for the first time, fully 3D printed an array of light receptors on a hemispherical…
Researchers at MIT CSAIL have developed a device that may best be described as a kind of GPS to track things inside a human…
Inspired by smoke detectors and smart home monitors, scientists are genetically engineering houseplants to sense harmful chemicals from mold and other kinds of fungi—and…
Senior IEEE Spectrum News Editor Amy Nordrum sits down with Vice President of Operations for Qualitas Health Inc Rebecca White to talk about what…
Scientists at Newcastle University have 3D printed the world's first human corneas. By creating a special bio-ink using stem cells mixed together with alginate…
Small antibodies can work inside cells, and their size allows them to wend deep into tissues, which regular antibodies have a hard time penetrating.…
Lenses with pliable, transparent electronics can measure glucose levels from tears in the eye—and warn wearers if they get too high. The lenses have…
Approximately 10–15 percent of breast cancer cases do not respond to treatment with hormone therapy, which means that they are more aggressive and often…
Food scientists and startups are trying to make meat more ethically appealing by growing it -- cell by cell -- in a lab instead…
Researchers fluorescently labeled fat cells in fruit fly pupae—the developmental stage between larva and adult—and then cut a small hole in the pupae with…
Amniotic fluid, the protective liquid surrounding an unborn baby, is discarded as medical waste during cesarean section deliveries. However, there is increasing evidence that this…
John Hills (Marketing Manager at Zervant), Lu Zhang (Founding & Managing Partner of Fusion Fund), Elina Berglund (Co-founder & CTO of Natural Cycles) and David…
The spinal cord is the body’s information superhighway. Protected by the bony vertebral column, it is an integral part of the central nervous system (CNS).…
Cambridge University researchers discuss some of the most exciting developments in medical research and set out their vision for the next 50 years. Nanobots that…
Food researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered that consuming small amounts of chromium mixed with certain amino acids before eating is healthy. Why?…
The worldwide rise in obesity and diabetes continues, 1 in 4 people are now afflicted with a non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. A condition reversible with…
We’ve harnessed electricity, sequenced the human genome, and eradicated smallpox. But after billions of dollars in research, we haven’t found a solution for a disease…
An innovative surgical glue developed by researchers from the United States and Australia seals wounds quickly without the need for staples or stitches. The biomedical…
The latest Kurzgesagt video is on the microbiome. Did you know that you have up to ten times as many microbial cells in your body…
The 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is jointly awarded to Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young for their discoveries of…