Posts Tagged «cells»
Fish skin bandage could help heal your wounds faster February 19, 2015 at 4:14 pm
The collagen from fish skin is being tested as a component of wound dressings that could be cheaper and safer than today’s alternatives.
Student develops cream that can remove your regrettable tattoo February 16, 2015 at 9:01 am
One man might be on the verge of creating a creme that can take off that regrettable tattoo.
Cells use rotating arms to feel their way around, like a person in the dark January 9, 2015 at 10:22 am
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have recently uncovered a significant rotational bias in the way cells extend their arms that dictate how they move, probe, and interact with their world.
New biotech wheat gives fungi the finger without adding new genes July 22, 2014 at 5:04 pm
Wheat is hard to modify in the lab, but a team of Chinese researchers have successfully changed its DNA to make it resistant to fungal infection. They did it without using outside genes, too.
Real-life True Blood: Safe, long-lasting artificial blood heading to a blood bank near you June 13, 2014 at 9:31 am
A team from the University of Essex is working on what could be the first safe human blood replacement for transfusion. It lasts up to two years at room temperature and works for all blood types.
Science gets one step closer to artificial photosynthesis March 5, 2014 at 8:50 am
A new analysis of artificial photosynthesis catalysts could finally make the process efficient enough to produce usable amounts of energy.
Breakthrough technique tortures normal cells with acid to create cheap stem cells January 30, 2014 at 4:52 pm
A series of papers just published in Nature describes a simple procedure for shocking cells back into an embryonic state where they can be quickly retrained to become virtually any cell type in the body.
OpenWorm brings simulated life one step closer with ‘real’ digital muscles December 20, 2013 at 3:14 pm
The OpenWorm project hits a major milestone in its development, as its simulated life-form now exhibits realistic motion through the firing of digital neurons and contraction of digital muscles.
A biobattery that breathes metal and could power a porch light March 29, 2013 at 1:40 pm
This week researchers announced a breakthrough on the path to harnessing one of the few battery cells we’ve found living in nature.