Many DNA nanostructures have been constructed by scientists for many different kinds of applications, such as drug delivery, medical diagnosis, and DNA-based computers. But in order to be successful in designing these nanostructures, we must first find out what exactly the 3D structure of ... Read More...
Maybe you've heard of DNA tests being used to help solve crimes. A few flakes of skin or a hair found at the scene of a crime can be used by scientists to make a kind of genetic fingerprint that can help identify whether ... Read More...
When someone has cancer, doctors often treat them with a number of different drugs that help to kill the cancer cells. The problem is, sometimes healthy cells get harmed by the very powerful drugs that doctors only want to work on the bad cells. ... Read More...
How would you feel about a robot bug crawling inside of you? At Carnegie Mellon Univeristy, scientists are making a medical robot that can do just that, but it's not just to gross you out! The Bugbot is a very tiny robot with six legs ... Read More...
Our brain cells are changing all the time. They're full of chemicals that send messages from one cell to another, but they're much faster than the telephone! If scientists had a way of looking at those chemicals in our brains as they change, it would ... Read More...
