Smartphone apps are useful for more than dating or ordering a taxi—they're increasingly helping people manage their health, including monitoring blood pressure or sending reminders to take medications...
And a new diabetes drug targets those sweet receptors
According to the New York Times, synthetic biology is creating DNA out of thin air. A recent article about synthetic biology and consumer goods describes DNA synthesis as a process where “DNA is created on computers and inserted into organisms.” Computers are pretty cool and really useful in synthetic biology labs, but it takes a [...]..
Help researchers make the scientific leaps necessary to understand the brain’s higher functions
Universal biosensors could save lives by spotting disease outbreaks earlier than ever before
Is de-extinction a real possibility?
Machines that can quickly identify virtually any bacterium, virus or fungus are being developed for hospitals. Networking the devices could allow health authorities to save lives by spotting disease outbreaks earlier than ever before...
Scientific American speaks with the scientist behind an innovation that will enable a paralyzed person to walk and “feel” it
Alexander Shulgin, chemist and renowned psychonaut who acquainted the world with the drug MDMA - or Ecstasy - died Monday evening at his home in Lafayette, Calif.
An improved method of eliminating the agonizing pellets
For more than 40 years government officials have grappled with how to regulate and fund the controversial research
The Resilience Project seeks to find people who are unaffected by genetic mutations that would normally cause severe and fatal disorders
FDA action will put new warnings on the devices, regulate them like other machines that emit radiation
Stem cell therapy is emerging as a promising treatment for Parkinson's disease
Low-power laser light shined on damaged rat teeth activates growth factors that cue stem cells to generate the tooth constituent dentin, leading to regeneration. Dina Fine Maron reports
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CT scans may soon link human remains to missing persons
Biologist Gerald Edelman–one of the truly great scientific characters I’ve encountered, whose work raised profound questions about the limits of science—has died.
The placenta is full of microbes, a new study finds, raising questions about how that ecosystem and mothers' oral health influence the risk of preterm birth
I recently got into an argument, again, about cancer. The occasion was a talk by one of my colleagues at Stevens Institute, philosopher Gregory Morgan, on the fascinating history of research into cancer-causing viruses...
Lawmakers spar over FDA Regulations
