A team of researchers has developed unique uses of solid-state NMR spectroscopy. Scientist Live spoke with Dr. Rienstra about his research and its implications.

Emory University researchers are participating in a nationwide study to explore an investigational treatment for advanced widespread emphysema.

A team of plant geneticists have identified a gene essential in controlling development of maize, widely planted crop world-wide and a mainstay of the global food supply.

Analysis of the British Government's survey of children's diets and nutritional status has shown that the average child gets the recommended level of most vitamins and minerals.

Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center have discovered a new way to limit inflammation caused by the activation of microglia - key immune cells in the brain.

Researchers are investigating a new approach to gene therapy for brain tumors - delivering a cancer-fighting gene to normal brain tissue around the tumor to keep it from spreading.

While most ocean robots require periodic communication with scientist or satellite intermediaries to share information, these can work cooperatively communicating only with each other.

A research team from the University of the Basque Country, led by Basilio Sierra, is devising a robot that can get around by itself.

Devices known as brain-machine interfaces could someday be used routinely to help paralysed patients and amputees control prosthetic limbs with just their thoughts.

The first robotic mission to return samples to Earth from Mars took a further step toward realisation with the recent publication of a mission design report by the iMARS Working Group.

Clinical research is helping bring the advantages of robotic surgery, including reduced pain and quicker recovery, to kidney cancer patients.

The field of robotics could be poised for a breakthrough, leading to a new generation of intelligent machines capable of taking on multiple tasks and moving out of the factory into the home and general workplace.

Robotic surgery, largely pioneered for prostate cancer surgery, is rapidly being adapted for use in other areas, including for bladder cancer patients.

Robots in the military are no longer the stuff of science fiction. They have left the movie screen and entered the battlefield.

Robots may be the solution for people with disabilities who are struggling to regain the use of their limbs, thanks to a research team that includes engineers and students.

Researchers have reported success using robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery to repair abnormal openings between the bladder and vagina known as fistulas.

An international team of engineers is to develop mission-critical control software for future European robotic space missions, it has been announced.

Long procedures require long fluoroscopy times with a serious amount of radiation for physician and personnel.

In a recent study, biophysicists have used 3,200 computer processors and long-established data on cholesterol's role in the function of proteins to clarify the mysterious interaction.

Scientists have identified a gene in rice that controls the size and weight of rice grains and may prove to be useful for breeding high-yield rice.