One of the potential uses of stem cells is in creating organs for transplant. In principle, stem cells taken from a patient should be recognized by the body, thus avoiding problems with organ rejection. However, creating those organs-- particularly anything with a complex, three-dimensional structure-- has been difficult. Scientists have taken a step toward producing such organs.

For several years scientists have been studying how geckos manage to climb up and remain on very sheer surfaces. Recently scientists at the University of Dayton have created an adhesive inspired by the gecko's remarkable ability.

Nanopore sequencing is considered to be a next generation sequencing candidate enabling 'single molecule' sequencing using individual DNA fragments without amplification and the risk of introducing errors.

Google announced today that they have tested with the Centers for Disease Control a system which aggregates the searches done by users of their search engine for keywords related to flu and flu-like symptoms and then used these to predict the outbreak of flu in a given region