Scientists (and sci-fi fans) have been talking about suspended animation for years. The idea that the functions of the human body can somehow be put on "pause" while life-saving medical procedures are ...

Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...

Muscle-on-chip systems are three-dimensional human muscle cell bundles cultured on collagen scaffolds. A Stanford University research team sent some of these systems to the International Space Station ...

The purpose of this study was to provide biomechanical data for the improvement and validation of active human models. A drop test setup was developed for the measurement of dynamic soft tissue ...

The first comprehensive cell atlas of aging human muscle reveals the intricate genetic and cellular processes behind muscle deterioration and mechanisms to counteract it. How muscle changes with ...

Researchers say they’ve successfully plunged human livers to subzero temperatures and then warmed them back up. The “supercooled” organs were still in good shape after 27 hours, adding nearly a day to ...