Each robot costs only a single penny to manufacture. The robots could help advance everything from nanotechnology ...

Microscopic fibers secretly shape how every organ in the body works, yet they’ve been notoriously hard to study—until now. A new imaging technique called ComSLI reveals hidden fiber orientations in ...

Linoleic acid is a common omega-6 fatty acid in many vegetable oils. In the body it is converted into signalling molecules ...

All cells need to sense and respond to their environment, to know when to activate genes, build proteins, and carry out their ...

What happens when fungi are fed our waste? Mycelium materials grow into foams, panels, and fabrics that point toward a more ...

Leiden researchers can now visualize the connections between brain cells. Their microscopy technique could significantly advance the human quest to understand brain functions. The study is published ...

Male infertility is a major issue worldwide and its causes remain unclear. Now, an international team of researchers led by Hiroki Shibuya at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) in ...

Microtubules perform an active role in communication within the cell by transmitting received signals to the cell's ...

Male infertility is a major issue worldwide and its causes remain unclear. Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems ...

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is the most common form of adult-onset muscular dystrophy, affecting about 1 in 8,000 people.