Scientists say they’ve found an efficient way to make red blood cells from human embryonic stem cells, a possible step toward making transfusion supplies in the...

Imagine the possibilities of harvesting waste heat and converting it into electricity. Computer processors could be the source of power for their own cooling devices...

Harvard scientists say they have created stems cells for 10 genetic disorders, which will allow researchers to watch the diseases develop in a lab dish.

Harvard scientists say they have used a new technique to create stems cells for 10 genetic diseases, a step they hope will speed up efforts to find new treatments.

Using a new technique to reprogram cells, scientists are growing neurons from people with Lou Gehrig’s disease, a possible first step in understanding how the...

Scientists in the United States have identified brain cells linked to fear, paving the way for a more effective treatment of post-traumatic stress and other anxiety...

Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled Thursday that scientists can conduct embryonic stem cell research, which holds the promise of curing Parkinson’s disease and...

Brazil’s Supreme Court postponed a decision on whether to permit embryonic stem cell research in Latin America’s largest country after one justice asked...

Brazilian church officials urged the Supreme Court on Friday to reject embryonic stem cell research in the world’s largest Roman Catholic country, a week before...

Every day you see that companies are launching new cellphone models and each of them comes with a new type of battery and a new charger. So what about all those...

Take one part supercapacitor, one part lead acid battery and you’ve got an energy cell dubbed the UltraBattery with a life cycle increase of 4x and power increase...

Jail administrator Dee Sandy thought the sheriff was joking when he mentioned painting cellblocks pink. He wasn’t.Inmates at the Miami County Jail are putting...

Batteries and plastic probably make up for the most of the pollution on the planet. While statement might be a bit too harsh to make considering the dangerous nature of...

Scientists have the first evidence that those “reprogrammed stem cells” that made headlines last month really have the potential to treat disease: They used...

For all the excitement, big questions remain about how to turn this week’s stem cell breakthrough into new treatments for the sick. And it’s not clear when...

Despite excitement among some scientists _ and at the White House _ about an embryo-free technique for creating human stem cells, reaction from companies that might...

Scientists have created the equivalent of embryonic stem cells from ordinary skin cells, a breakthrough that could someday produce new treatments for disease without...

Embryonic stem cells can develop into all kinds of tissue. Scientists have long sought to find a way to create such cells that are genetically matched to patients,...

Scientists have made ordinary human skin cells take on the chameleon-like powers of embryonic stem cells, a startling breakthrough that might someday deliver the...

In an Oct. 11 story about papal reaction to embryonic stem cell research in South Korea, The Associated Press erroneously described a type of stem-cell research...