Robots and prosthetics are becoming ever more human-like, but the electronic skins designed to enhance their usefulness don't yet have the full range of tactile senses that we have

Human immune cells rationally engineered to sense and respond to tumor signal

The new study shows that siblings with ASD had much higher levels of damaging mutations in essential genes compared to their non-affected siblings

Environmentally friendly material tweaked to soak up to five times its weight in oil, float four months in icy, rough waters

"They don't have to show it on television but they should remind viewers that there are safety issues involved in food preparation," researcher says

"Our new method enables us to take cells that cannot be anchored on surfaces and then use an optical trap to study them at a very high resolution."

“Potential applications of this finding could include storage and release of hydrogen or natural gas to run your car, or in industrial uses where the frameworks could trap and separate dangerous gases to keep them from entering the atmosphere” 

A new study analyzes specific glaciers with a history of length observations, and nearby weather records of temperature and precipitation

Tall wind turbines disbursed throughout a field create air turbulence that may help plants by affecting variables such as temperature and carbon dioxide concentrations

'Freshman 15' a myth: Gains occurred over all four years

Researchers open new avenues for the development of precision therapeutics targeting RNA

Following this study, the researchers would like to look at how the mechanical properties of shale are affected by the fracturing fluid chemistry