Electroreception, the ability to sense electric fields, is a fascinating trait found in species like sharks, bees, and ...

While it is easy to think of weapons when you think of military systems, truly, the heart system of every military is its ...

Long the backbone of electronics, semiconductors are finding new uses in the development of electronic noses and tongues.

Your reaction times can reveal a surprising amount about what's going on inside your body, from your brain health to your ...

Scientists develop lab-grown model of the human sensory pathway to investigate how pain signals are transmitted to the brain.

Researchers have recreated the human ascending sensory pathway in a lab dish, using organoids that model the key brain and ...

From a pinprick to a warm breeze, every sensation you perceive begins its journey along this ascending sensory pathway. For the first time, scientists have recreated the entire human nervous system’s ...

Immediate use for the newly developed assembloids could include studying neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism.

The auditory system is the sensory system for hearing. It consists of the outer ear (the auricle and auditory canal), the middle ear (the tympanic membrane, malleus, incus and stapes), the inner ...

Karl Koehler builds inner ear and skin organoids from human stem cells to model their development in health and disease.

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed a method that shows how the nervous system and sensory organs are formed in an embryo. By labelling stem cells with a genetic ‘barcode’, ...

Researchers have developed a method that shows how the nervous system and sensory organs are formed in an embryo. By labeling stem cells with a genetic 'barcode', they have been able to follow the ...