In vertebrates, the skeleton of different regions of the body arises from different precursor cells. Researchers at the ...

Hundreds of cubes of human brain tissue help scientists to chart the energy-making capabilities of various brain regions.

With continued excavation at Swartkrans, researchers hope to uncover more of SWT1/HR-2’s skeleton, which could further ...

MIT engineers 3D print multidirectional muscle tissue that flexes like the human iris - opening new paths for biohybrid ...

A Norfolk woman who was sentenced in 2023 to jail and probation for improperly disposing of the fetal remains from her ...

No details on the remains are expected until the state medical examiner’s investigation is complete, which could take months.

Researchers at MIT created synthetic muscle tissue that flexes in multiple directions, advancing the development of biohybrid ...

If this light-activated stuff works, it could make building robots easier - or make lazing about under the Sun quite a ...

One halcyon spring day in 1903, the 69-year-old anatomist and naturalist Dr. James Bell Pettigrew sat at the top of a sloping ...

Koch Hall of Human Origins,” which opened 15 years ago. Smithsonian's Human Origins Program. What does it mean to be human ...

We move thanks to coordination among many skeletal muscle fibers, all twitching and pulling in sync. While some muscles align ...