In essence, it’s a type of symmetry breaking. Any two processes that act as activator and inhibitor will produce periodic ...

A glass plate, a delicate tube and an oil bath are all that is required: thanks to a new method, researchers at ETH Zurich can produce tens of thousands of tiny droplets within minutes. This enables ...

The brain’s mechanisms for repairing injuries caused by trauma or degenerative diseases are not yet known in detail. Now, a study by the University of Barcelona describes a new strategy based on stem ...

What if a soft material could move on its own, guided not by electronics or motors, but by the kind of rudimentary chemical ...

Basically, an SPMD is a bag filled with a special liquid, like triolein (a type of fat), and sealed inside a semi permeable ...

Explore how frogs, axolotls, and other amphibians use cutaneous respiration to absorb oxygen directly through their skin.

Stanford Medicine researchers invent an electromagnetic device that can gently sort different types of cells by levitating ...

This year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to three scientists for their work on regulatory T-cells (Tregs), research that has fuelled a well-stocked pipeline of potential new ...