Test tubes are commonplace and entirely unremarkable in locations like science labs and chemistry classrooms. But in the home, where you normally wouldn't expect to come across them, test tubes are an ...

At Northwestern University, synthetic biology researchers working with partners at Harvard Medical School, have synthesized ribosomes -- cell structures responsible for generating all proteins and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Students at Arizona State Univserity are using virtual reality in a newly designed biology course.

Wounds need to heal and dead hairs need to be replaced. Responsible for this are the so-called hair follicle stem cells in our skin. These stem cells can mature into all the different cell types in ...