Test time has arrived: the first person has been treated in a highly anticipated gene-therapy trial that aims to coax aged cells to take on a younger identity. The clinical trial is testing an ...

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Sperm whales’ click-based communication system has patterns that echo how human languages use vowels, according to a new study published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological ...

In the utopia proposed by Elon Musk, billions of robots perform all necessary work. A network of autonomous vehicles and humanoids, fueled by solar energy, provide boundless resources. Poverty is ...

As the Trump administration phases out the use of animal experimentation across the federal government, a biotech startup has a bold idea for an alternative to animal testing: nonsentient “organ sacks ...

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Artificial intelligence is often portrayed as a tool that replaces human work, but new research from Swansea University suggests a far more exciting role: creative collaborator. In a large study with ...

Knoepfler is a professor of cell biology and human anatomy at UC Davis School of Medicine. Researchers are racing to engineer highly realistic human embryo models using stem cells in the lab. Some of ...

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Registration required to attend in person at Hopkins Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C. With that, new and powerful artificial intelligence agents are emerging that can produce in seconds what it ...

Xiaomi's smart factory in Changping, Beijing, stands at the forefront of a global manufacturing shift. This 96,900 square-yard facility uses advanced robotics and AI to operate without any human ...