Medra, which programs robots with artificial intelligence to conduct and improve biological experiments, has raised $52 million to build what it says will be one of the largest autonomous labs in the ...

Researchers at the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet have captured the first detailed molecular snapshots of human polynucleotide phosphorylase (hPNPase) in action, ...

Scientists have found a way to strip valuable metals out of dead batteries using a solvent built from urine and common acetic ...

From a particle smasher encircling the moon to an “impossible” laser, five scientists reveal the experiments they would run ...

Brain organoids are revolutionising research, but their growing complexity raises unsettling ethical questions.

Curiosity-driven experiments in a basement eventually sparked a worldwide rethink of how stress, addiction, and life experiences shape the brain.

This important study reveals that mitotic release of an ER-microtubule tether is critical for normal mitotic progression. Manipulating CLIMP63 phosphorylation, the authors provide convincing evidence ...

A shift in a single brain protein can reshape how cues turn into habits, opening new possibilities for treating addiction and neurological disorders.

I use the word 'trial' but, let's be honest, this is an experiment. A state-sanctioned exercise which, no matter how it is ...

Scientists at Rothamsted Research have discovered that three widely used pre-emergent herbicides—flufenacet, EPTC, and ...

The research could speed developing new medicines for diseases such as Alzheimer’s and cancer, or new energy sources.

New experiments raise important questions about what it means to die. n December 9, 2013, 13-year-old Jahi McMath was checked ...