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The creator of artificial eyes in this science fiction epic must face the consequences of his engineering agility.  But is the acumen to produce artificial eyes, livers, or kidneys really that far off?  A new technique developed at UC Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory uses a bottom-up approach to create multicellular tissues with defined structures.

A Russian cosmonaut has complained he is no longer allowed to use a US toilet as well as a US exercise bike.

Octogenarian women were unable to increase muscle mass after a 3-month weight lifting program targeted at strengthening the thigh muscle, according to a new study from the Journal of Applied Physiology. The results are surprising because previous studies have found resistance training capable of increasing muscle mass, even for people who are into their 70s.

California Scientists Advance Toward Fusion Energy

In the latest installment of NY1′s two-week series looking at technology in Japan, Techno Tokyo, we meet the bionic man…sort of. Tech Beat Reporter Adam Balkin explains.

OK. For the immature among us, who like to titter about the so-called private parts, I’ve got a few bits of stem cell news….

First of all, there’s this: "Scientists Reverse Human Adult Testes Cells Into Pluripotent Stem Cells"

A novel method of transferring magnetic spin can amplify the sensitivity of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) a thousandfold, according to new research from the University of York in the United Kingdom.

Results of a space experiment published online in The FASEB Journal (http://www.fasebj.org) have yielded a giant leap for science that could translate into an important step for mankind in the ongoing battle against osteoporosis.

Researchers at the universities of Leicester and Oxford have made a discovery about plant growth which could potentially have an enormous impact on crop production as global warming increases.

Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) tend to stare at people’s mouths rather than their eyes. Now, an NIH-funded study in 2-year-olds with the social deficit disorder suggests why they might find mouths so attractive: lip-sync—the exact match of lip motion and speech sound.