The STEM workforce (science, technology, engineering and math) is growing rapidly in the U.S. But many groups, including Black and Hispanic workers, are underrepresented. This is particularly true in ...

The American Heart Association’s numbers are so staggering that they seem implausible—10 million Americans visit an ER with heart attack symptoms each year; 90 percent of out-of-hospital cardiac ...

Teenage Engineering's latest drum machine probably isn't one that you're going to use to add percussion to your next piece. The company teamed up with designer Love Hulten to create CHD-4 in the aim ...

Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease affect millions of people worldwide, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Those types of diseases cause the brain and nerves to ...

INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nancrede Engineering’s experience shows that just when you thought it was safe to return to the office or go on vacation, nature has another deadly surprise waiting for ...

Scientists are hoping to use genetic engineering to reduce the transmission of Lyme disease. The scientists' target is not the deer or the ticks often associated with the disease; it's wild mice.

People with Parkinson’s disease experience loss of dopamine-producing brain cells, leading to tremors, rigidity, bradykinesia, and postural instability, the primary symptoms of the disease. The loss ...

As Lyme disease continues to cast a shadow over New Englanders’ outdoor expeditions, MIT researchers are planning to fight the disease using gene editing. As part of the Mice Against Ticks project, ...

The Chicago Immunoengineering Innovation Center has launched at the University of Chicago, with a focus on developing new technologies to treat diseases, including cancer, autoimmune disorders, and, ...

A recent study published in Engineering has provided novel insights into the involvement of α2,6-sialylation in Alzheimer's disease (AD), revealing that the ablation of α2,6-sialyltransferase-I ...