In a paper published in Cell yesterday, scientists from the US and Thailand have, for the first time, successfully produced embryonic stem cells from human skin cells. ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

May 20, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

A new study by researchers at UCLA suggests that the elasticity of the physical matrix used for growing heart muscle cells outside of the body may be critical to the success of cardiac tissue engineering. The results were ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Apr 15, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) —Today's smartphones and computers offer gestural interfaces where information arrives at users' fingertips with a swipe of a hand. Still, researchers have found that most technology falls short in making people ...

Technology - Computer Sciences

Mar 27, 2013 not rated yet 0 |

VIB scientists associated to the UGent have developed a mouse model that can advance the research on iPS cells to the next step.

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Feb 21, 2013 not rated yet 0

Researchers with the DOE's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California, Berkeley, have developed an elegant and powerful new microscale actuator that can flex like ...

Nanotechnology - Nanophysics

Dec 17, 2012 5 / 5 (5) 1 |

(Phys.org)—Researchers at the University of Tokyo have taken another step towards creating a robot with a faithfully recreated human skeleton and muscle structure. Called Kenshiro, the robot has been demonstrated ...

Electronics - Robotics

Dec 12, 2012 4.8 / 5 (18) 4 |

(Phys.org)—PFC supported scientists at JQI have created the first controllable atomic circuit that functions analogously to a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) and allows operators to ...

Physics - Quantum Physics

Nov 29, 2012 3.7 / 5 (3) 1 |

A group of researchers in Israel, the United States and other nations have made important advances in the rapidly-expanding field of "regenerative medicine," outlining for the first time connections in genetic ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Oct 30, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

Using recent advances in marine biomechanics, materials science, and tissue engineering, a team of researchers at Harvard University and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have turned inanimate ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Jul 22, 2012 4.7 / 5 (11) 15 |

(Phys.org) -- Astronauts return to Earth weakened and unsteady after weightlessness and radiation in space take their toll on the human body. New research now shows that the humble nematode worm adapts much ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Jul 11, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0

Using piezoelectric materials, researchers have replicated the muscle motion of the human eye to control camera systems in a way designed to improve the operation of robots. This new muscle-like action could ...

Technology - Engineering

Jul 05, 2012 4 / 5 (2) 0 |

(AP) - Traces of blood and fragments of muscle, tendon, skin and hair found on 2,000-year-old stone knives have given researchers the first conclusive evidence that the obsidian blades were used for human sacrifice so long ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

May 03, 2012 4.4 / 5 (7) 3 |

Researchers from The University of Nottingham have demonstrated how a species of flatworm overcomes the ageing process to be potentially immortal.

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Feb 27, 2012 4.8 / 5 (38) 22 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Damaged human heart muscle cannot be regenerated. Scar tissue grows in place of the damaged muscle cells. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research in Bad Nauheim ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Jan 30, 2012 not rated yet 0 |

German chemists succeeded in producing a new kind of glass-ceramic with a nanocrystalline structure, which seems to be well suited to be used in dentistry due to their high strength and its optical characteristics. ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Jan 05, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0