How to build better silk
Reconstituted silk can be several times stronger than the natural fiber and made in different forms.
Reconstituted silk can be several times stronger than the natural fiber and made in different forms.
Biological engineers identify genes that protect against protein linked to Parkinson’s disease.
Awards support high-risk, high-impact biomedical research.
Drug already in clinical trials may be effective on some aggressive adenocarcinomas.
Experiments confirm hypothesis about how the genome becomes organized into “neighborhoods.”
Microfluidic device uses acoustics to quickly analyze blood for signatures of cancer and other diseases.
Cognitive scientists find that people can more easily communicate warmer colors than cool ones.
Test of cervical mucus may reveal pregnant women’s risk of going into labor too early.
Success rate is comparable to that of highly trained scientists performing the process manually.
Hydrogel-based capsules could expand and reside in the GI tract for days, slowly releasing medication.
Tiny implantable “seeds” of tissue produce fully functional livers.
FLARE technique can reveal which cells respond during different tasks.
Biologists discover the immune system can eliminate cells with too many or too few chromosomes.
Dyslexic children from lower-income families benefit more from summer reading intervention.