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Bioprinting is a growing field in medicine that has scientists well on their way to replicating human organs. But engineering true to life vascular networks has always been a challenge. Until now.

A rogue text chime during a wedding ceremony. An errant cell phone alarm during a bar mitzvah. A guest not-so-discreetly thumbing a phone under the table during a dinner party. If you've ever planned a big event, you're ...

Screenshots from Naughty Dog's 'The Last of Us.'

jmcbain (1233044) writes "At WWDC 2014 today, Apple announced Swift, a new programming language. According to a report by Ars Technica: 'Swift seems to get rid of Objective C's reliance on defined pointers; instead, the ...

Championing biophysics research: MIT professor Jeff Gore brings together interdisciplinary team, explores population dynamics in yeast and honeybees.

Marijuana use, particularly if begun young, can lead to sleep problems later in life, a study indicates. Sleep quality can suffer, and daytime sleepiness is common, researchers say.

The memory-erasing device in "Men in Black" may become a reality in the future as researchers have found a way to erase and restore memories.

This article has been written on a train. That's not all that unusual, to be fair. But this train isn't moving. In fact, it hasn't moved for quite a while. Unfortunately, that's not all that unusual either. It's infuriat...

Lexar today expanded its Professional Workflow line to include 512GB and 256GB USB 3.0 storage drives.

Apple's new computer language Swift promises to prevent the programming problems that have plagued its predecessors.

MacBooks can make for great notebook PCs, but their speedy solid-state drives don't give you much storage bang for your buck. So why not do something with that SD card slot, and give yourself some extra semi-permanent st...

The iPhone maker's overtures are meant to ensure it is as relevant in the future as it is now.

The volume of email cloaked in encryption technology is rapidly rising as Google, Yahoo, Facebook and other major Internet companies try to shield their users' online communications from government spies and other snoops...

A research team has figured out how to disable a part of the SARS virus responsible for hiding it from the immune system -- a critical step in developing a vaccine against the deadly disease. The findings also have poten...

Treatment for pneumonia that included azithromycin compared with other antibiotics was associated with a significantly lower risk of death and a slightly increased risk of heart attack, according to a study that included...

An examination of the benefit of preventive placement of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in patients with a less severe level of heart failure, a group not well represented in clinical trials, finds significantly...

A community-based program helped minorities significantly lower their blood pressure, researchers report after evaluating the American Heart Association's Check. Change. Control. program in 18 urban, predominately Africa...

Just a few short years ago, 3D printing was a niche and expensive technology with narrow practical application. But today, everything from clothing and cars to musical instruments and even body parts can be created with ...

Asus has announced two additions to its Republic of Gamers (ROG) laptop range. The systems, known as the GX500 and the G550JK, make use of the same design language, while occupying two distinct product spaces - one svelt...

Alaska officials have raised the alert level on Monday for Pavlof Volcano from "Watch" to "Warning," indicating that a low-level eruption of one of the state's most active volcanoes may be intensifying.

 Most modern operating systems now natively support 64-bit processors, but even though many developers now offer 64-bit versions of their applications, browsers have generally lacked behind this move (though there are a...

The great outdoors, from the comfort of your couch. Each year, hundreds of brown bears trek a mile-long stretch of the Brooks River in the Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska searching for organic, local, stream-...