AI-driven technologies can help scientists accomplish efficient research workflows, from experimental design to data ...

F rom fruit flies that survive a mere two weeks to the giant tortoises of the tropics that can live for nearly 200 years, ...

Danielle is an Assistant Editor at The Scientist. She has a background in neuroscience and molecular psychiatry. She has previously written for BioTechniques News, The Scientist, and Drug Discovery ...

With the rise of insecticide resistance, researchers crafted a novel probe that selectively targets mosquito larvae’s weak ...

Studying human embryonic development is complicated for several reasons. Models derived from pluripotent stem cells ...

As the famed British naturalist David Attenborough noted, “In our hands now lies not only our own future but that of all ...

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In the middle of the 20th century, science disciplines collided and set the stage for a technology that changed cell research ...

Cells send electrical impulses throughout the body, but electrophysiologists struggled to tune into these signals until the ...

Algae could reduce nutrient pollution in wastewater at the same time as recovering minerals like phosphorus, which could be ...

Culturing pluripotent stem cells to replicate different stages of embryonic development allows researchers to more easily ...

Laura is an assistant editor for The Scientist. She earned her PhD in biomedical sciences from Rush University by studying ...