Researchers from the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) in Genoa (Italy) and Brown University in Providence (U.S.) have ...

It's moldable, biocompatible and glitters like gold. Plastic that can conduct an electric charge is a material that can be used for everything from sensors that can monitor our health to self-cooling ...

A genetically modified pig lung remained viable and functional over a period of 9 days after being transplanted into a human recipient who had been declared brain dead, according to research published ...

Gene-edited pigs lack a sugar in their muscles that normally makes them incompatible with our biology, among other changes. © SGr via Shutterstock The tantalizing ...

Megan Molteni reports on discoveries from the frontiers of genomic medicine, neuroscience, and reproductive tech. She joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at WIRED. You can reach ...

The human body is a machine whose many parts – from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain – have been assembled in fits and starts over the four billion years of our ...

The last decade has delivered jaw-dropping advances in AI translation. A single tap on your phone can convert French menus, German instruction manuals, or Mandarin WeChat messages into English in ...

Just like shrimp, prawns are used in a variety of cuisines and can be prepared in many ways. While prawns have nutritional benefits, they’re a source of cholesterol and may be contaminated by ...

Eyes are undoubtedly some of the most delicate and complex organs in the human body, so it comes as no surprise that going into space can have a damaging effect on our eyes and sense of vision. For ...