Throughout any given year, the National Academies convene hundreds of conferences, workshops, symposia, forums, roundtables, and other gatherings that attract the finest minds in academia and the ...

Researchers have engineered tiny robots made from human cells that could potentially be used to help heal wounds, regenerate tissue, and even treat diseases. As detailed in a new study published in ...

John P. Jackson, Jr. does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...

We're taught that chromosomes define biological sex: xx = female, and xy = male. However, it's not quite that straightforward ...

Researchers at Tufts University and Harvard University's Wyss Institute have developed Anthrobots, tiny biological robots crafted from human tracheal cells that can traverse surfaces and stimulate ...

In 2020 biologist Michael Levin and his colleagues reported that they had made “biological robots” by shaping clusters of cells into tiny artificial forms that could “walk” around on surfaces. Levin’s ...

Third grade teacher Tracey Broughton teaches students at Perry Creek Elementary School in Sioux City. Iowa’s current draft of its K-12 science standards, which include changing the word “evolution” to ...

Nanoplastics derived from single-use PET bottles can directly disrupt key biological systems that are vital for human health, ...

Neel Somani, a researcher specializing in mathematics, computer science, and business, has long explored the intersection ...