In this video I show how I turn an old pumpkin into a hands on science lesson for my students. We predict and measure the pumpkins weight and circumference, count seeds, and test whether it will sink ...

From Our Place to Caraway, we tested 13 nonstick pans free of harmful Pfas chemicals. Here’s how well they stand up to high heat and everyday cooking ...

When scientists want to study aging and how to slow it down, they often turn to microscopic worms or lab mice among other models. The former are too different from humans, while the latter are ...

With the exception of infectious diseases, examination of the environmental causes of illness has been piecemeal. Gary Miller, a toxicologist at Columbia University who also addressed the meeting, ...

More than 120 peer-reviewed cell types have already been successfully cryopreserved using Bambanker ™, all consolidated in one place for easy access and reference. Background. C ...

Gabriel Gomes built an agent that turns plain English into physical experiments, enabling research that humans alone could never sustain ...

AI-driven autonomous robots are coming to biology laboratories, but researchers insist that human skills remain essential.

The search space for protein engineering grows exponentially with complexity. A protein of just 100 amino acids has 20100 ...

Experiments reveal that unsaturated lipid membranes promote vesicle fusion and DNA retention during freeze–thaw cycles, highlighting icy environments as potential drivers of protocell evolution. Today ...

Larry Carbone offers an insider's perspective on the ethics of using animals in invasive research, the need for more compassion, and what must be done immediately on their behalf.

Researchers have built a realistic human mini spinal cord in the lab and used it to simulate traumatic injury. The model reproduced key damage seen in real spinal cord injuries, including inflammation ...