A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft, currently on its way to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the CRS-20 mission, is carrying a variety of scientific research projects as well as usual ...

When NASA's Artemis I launches next week on a journey to the moon, no animals or people will be onboard, but it will still carry biology investigations to see how living things react to the deep space ...

Researchers have developed a method for using remote-controlled, internet-connected microscopes to enable students anywhere in the world to participate in designing and carrying out biology ...

The International Space Station (ISS) welcomes scientific guests, that is, experimental modules that have reserved berths in the ISS’s payload racks. In a sense, the ISS is a scientific cruise ship.

After eight years, a project that tried to reproduce the results of key cancer biology studies has finally concluded. And its findings suggest that like research in the social sciences, cancer ...

Today, the majority of cell biology operations are carried out manually, even though the core steps are highly reproducible. Staff are expected to conduct repetitive tasks for hours each day, and ...

If you walk into a typical biology laboratory today, you may see a lab bench that is not that different from one 20 years ago. You will see scientists using hand-held pipettes, Excel, and paper ...

How We Taught a Hands-On Lab Remotely Arthur Felse, associate professor of instruction, and John Docter, research technologist, for Northwestern Engineering's Master of Biotechnology program (MBP) ...

From the time she was a child, Anna-Sophia Boguraev has had her eye on space. When she was 4, she built a cardboard rocket ship. She asked a lot of questions, loved looking at the stars and was set on ...

In the biopharma industry, the greatest achievements occur when inspiring science is paired with enabling technology. To better contribute to such achievements, two providers of innovative tools and ...