Nano Tech

Mitosis — how one cell divides and becomes two — is one of the fundamental processes of life. Researchers at EMBL have now produced the first interactive map of…

Research about mechanical control of tissue development is published in Nature Communications this week. The article identifies the protein which regulates cell…

Karyosoft founder Rajesh Perianayagam created Loci, a web-based, time and cost-saving software solution for microbial genomics data. The goal is to give…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain The transfer of gene cassettes across generations of strawberry plants has been shown to drive changes in sex chromosomes,…

At a time when prescription drug prices and spending are remarkably stable, patients are getting hit harder than ever by flawed policies and poor decisions by…

Amylose-free starch grains from cassava under the electron microscope. Credit: Simona Rodighiero, ScopeM, ETH Zurich Using the famous CRISPR-Cas9 gene…

Emerging technologies are disrupting the healthcare system as we know it—none more so than artificial intelligence (AI), which has a wide range of applications…

Baxter International received an FDA clearance for a new formulation of its Actifuse synthetic bone graft substitute, now deliverable via a prepackaged syringe…

As the world heats up, plants face a dilemma — the same tiny holes they have to open to exchange gases also let out water. They can close the holes, called…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Efforts to explore the landscape of small RNAs (sRNAs)—short RNA molecules that are poorly understood—often use high-throughput…