What previously required months or years of specialised lab work can now be done in hours or days thanks to its integrated ...

There’s little the brain cannot do. Even when it functions outside the body. In 2022, around 8 lakh brain cells, derived from humans and mice, learnt to play the 1970s video game Pong. Grown on a ...

From heart disease to diabetes, chronic inflammation plays a role in many illnesses. Scientists explain how what we eat is so influential, and what an anti-inflammatory diet can do for the body. Diet ...

For the past several years, AI, along with related concepts such as LLMs and ML, has been among the most prevalent technologies in popular culture. The demand for more research into AI has risen, but ...

How can an HIV positive woman give birth to a healthy baby? With proper medical care and antiretroviral therapy, a safe pregnancy is possible — as Vivian from Uganda shows. Plus: What helps against ...

In a lab in Vevey, tiny clumps of human brain cells, known as organoids, are being used as rudimentary computer processors. This emerging field, called biocomputing or “wetware,” seeks to harness the ...

FinalSpark's co-founder Fred Jordan shows devices containing human brain cells inside a laboratory refrigerator.FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images Scientists are growing tiny clumps of living human ...