Scientists in the US succeed in developing the first living bacterial cell to be controlled entirely by synthetic DNA. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. View full post on...

Scientists have created an artificial material that mimics the tough, stretchy properties of muscle. The material could find a potential application as a "scaffold" to aid muscle regeneration. Researchers engineered a polymer to reproduce the properties of titin – a protein...

Scientists have shown they can change people’s moral judgements by disrupting a specific area of the brain with magnetic pulses. They identified a region of the brain just above and behind the right ear which appears to control morality. And by using magnetic pulses to block cell...

Edinburgh Scientists probing a rare type of autism believe the "biological mechanism" behind the disorder may be simpler than was previously thought. Rett’s syndrome leaves sufferers with serious speech and mobility problems. Mainly found in girls it affects more than 1,000...

HEALTH CHECKBy Dave LeeBBC World Service As anyone who has unwittingly drifted off at their desk will know – tiredness can really creep up on you when you least need it. But a new study is offering some good news: it claims to prove that we can bank sleep – and store it up in...