Previously, scientists in the team developed a nanomaterial that, when injected into animal retinas, enabled mammals to see ...

Now, Cortical Labs has successfully developed a brain-on-a-chip computer primarily designed to aid scientists and researchers ...

A leader in genetics and cell biology, Susan K. Dutcher, of WashU Medicine has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. (Photo: WashU ...

The tubes drain urine in the body’s “wet and ... based system didn’t harm human-derived cells. Still, these specialized tubes, which would have cilia along their inner and outer walls ...

While observing wild baboons in Kenya, researcher Akiko Matsumoto-Oda noticed something striking. Whenever the animals got injured in fights with each other, their wounds healed quickly—much more ...

Researchers from ETH Zurich, the University of Bern and Bern University Hospital have developed a non-invasive cleaning technology: microscopic cilia on the stent surface are activated by ultrasound ...

Sweating keeps you cool. As sweat evaporates from your skin, heat energy is carried away from your body. This cooling system was likely crucial for early human ancestors, who lived in the hot African ...

Mechanical engineers have developed a system of artificial cilia capable of monitoring mucus conditions in human airways to better detect infection, airway obstruction, or the severity of diseases ...

The human body is a labyrinth of vessels and tubing ... The human trachea has waving cilia on the inside to catch microbes and debris. But these researchers encouraged the tracheal cells to ...