With the long-term goal of creating living cells from non-living components, scientists in the field of synthetic biology ...

MIT engineers have made a breakthrough in this area—they’ve developed a method to grow muscle tissue that contracts in ...

Engineers developed a method to grow artificial muscle tissue that twitches and flexes in multiple, coordinated directions. These tissues could be useful for building 'biohybrid' robots powered by ...

Tickled Pink, a fabric store in Pontiac, offers introductory sewing and quilting classes in addition to 100% cotton fabrics.

Now, MIT engineers have taken a major step toward developing robots that replace rigid gears with something much softer – ...

A team has used a process known as DNA origami to make electrochemical sensors that can quickly detect and measure biomarkers. Using an approach called DNA origami, scientists at Caltech have ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Nanoparticles have been developed to deliver microRNAs to muscle stem cells, offering a potential treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. These nanoparticles ...

A designer's origami dresses were showcased at London Fashion Week on Saturday. The artist, Darryl Bedford, forms his clever creations using a combination of techniques. This includes the Japanese ...

This perfectly tender and delightfully crispy fried fish doesn't lose its crunch. Having cut my teeth working at a seafood shack, I thought I knew everything there was to know about fried fish.