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Artwork by Margi Hafer (Soure:  Tall Grass Arts Association) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF) — With spring still weeks away, many of us are starting to suffer from the ‘winter blahs.’ The current exhibit at the Tall Grass Arts Association titled ‘Wings’ may...

CNN is bailing on its 9 p.m. talk show tradition by installing a rotating lineup of shows and specials in place of the departed “Piers Morgan Live.” Starting this summer, specials like Dr. Sanjay Gupta's “Weed” and Anderson Cooper...

via University of Illinois A new class of miniature biological robots, or bio-bots, has seen the light – and is following where the light shines. The bio-bots are powered by muscle cells that have been genetically engineered to respond to light, giving...

Most kids don’t look forward to getting braces. But when Cyndell Prewitt learned she’d soon sport a mouthful of metal, she shed tears of joy. “I was wondering, ‘Wow, how could I be so lucky?’” she recalls. For years, Prewitt’s crooked teeth and overbite...

A new generation of miniature biological robots is flexing its muscle. Engineers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign demonstrated a class of walking “bio-bots” powered by muscle cells and controlled with electrical pulses, giving researchers...