Engineers program human cells to store complex histories in their DNA.

In mice, device destroyed colorectal tumors and prevented remission after surgery.

New technique can reveal subcellular details and long-range connections.

Vibrating footwear could help astronauts and visually impaired earthlings skirt obstacles.

Engineers program E. coli to destroy tumor cells.

Crowdsourcing clinical data from some 40,000 patients could vastly improve research and critical-care decisions.

Researchers identify genes that mutate in endometrial cancer, create a family tree describing the evolutionary history of the disease.

Tests in mice show the vaccines work against Ebola, influenza, and a common parasite.

Report calls for more integration of physical, life sciences for needed advances in biomedical research.