Luna Innovations Incorporated (NASDAQ:LUNA) announces an award from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to improve the detection and diagnosis of brain tumors. Under this program, Luna will adapt its exclusive co

Harvard and Columbia scientists have for the first time used a new technique to transform an ALS patient's skin cells into motor neurons, a process that may be used in the future to create tailor-made cells to treat the debilitating disease.

( Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore ) Scientists have discovered gene enhancer, known as HACNS1, that may have contributed to evolution of uniquely opposable human thumb, and possibly also modifications in ankle or foot that

My youngest daughter-in-law, who is a bright young lady, asked me the other day if science could now create zombies, much like those seen in classic and newer horror movies that would be able to do dangerous or human-like work.

"Choices: The Science in Society Dialogs," a public dialogue series on a wide range of topics in science, technology and medicine, will spotlight choices related to risk, chance, lotteries, gambling and luck Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Salt Lake City Libr