This is a copy of http://heybryan.org/buildingbrains.html. Okay, so while the 292 used GB of the 500 GB LaCie hdd edmini (a "network drive" -- a POS, IMHO) is dumping itself on to the Maxtor OneTouch 750 GB hdd (an /actual/ external hdd, reformated to ext3 fs), I thought I'd take a few moments to write out what it is that I am ...

By taking advantage of the natural movement of liquid through paper, researchers at Harvard's Whitesides Research Group may have found a way to make microfluidics technology much cheaper. The result could be disposable diagnostic tests simple and abundant enough for use in the developing world. The field of microfluidics deals with the ...

SILVER SPRING, Md. — Martine Rothblatt founded Sirius Satellite Radio from a desire to link people together. She founded United Therapeutics (Nasdaq: UTHR), which has a research and development facility in Research Triangle Park, N.C.,  from a desperation to save her daughter's life. With no background in medicine, ...

Not resting on his laureate, new Nobel Prize winner Mario Capecchi is striving to answer that question.

For millions with eye damage, a new artificial cornea could prove a safer, more effective treatment.

Biologist Ian Wilmut talks about his cloning plans for the future.

Physics-based modeling may accelerate the drug-development process.

Researchers have developed a new technique to synthesize drugs faster.

A genetic variation may determine who needs a drug to help them kick the habit.

A recently discovered cell survival switch could be key to increasing longevity.