Biological Sciences
The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences has announced the establishment of a pre-competitive, multi-organization partnership designed to advance an integrated systems biology approach to toxicity testing research.
| 2 min read
With a new research center, Stanford scientists from across campus will join a new "information age of genomics." The goal is nothing short of improving human well-being.
| 5 min read
Troubleshooting, scheduling, communicating, and consulting are just part of lab manager Lisa Wright's many responsibilities
| 5+ min read
Study shows mixing oil with dispersant increased toxicity to Gulf’s ecosystems.
| 2 min read
A research team at the Georgia Institute of Technology has received a $2.7 million award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop technology intended to help address the challenges of “big data” – data sets that are both massive and complex.
| 3 min read
Dr. Amanda Capes-Davis, an independent cell culture consultant and founding manager of CellBank Australia, talks to contributing editor Tanuja Koppal, PhD, about the imperative need to establish best practices in a cell culture laboratory.
| 5 min read
Computation unravels old and new questions in biology and chemistry
| 5+ min read
For many years scientists thought that mosquitoes provided the disease organisms which they spread with a relatively free ride because the insects didn’t have much in the way of natural defenses to fight off these microscopic stowaways.
| 3 min read
In efforts to understand what influences life span, cancer and aging, scientists are building road maps to navigate and learn about cells at the molecular level.
| 3 min read
A new study indicates that large amounts of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), a sweetener found in national food supplies across the world, may be a contributory factor to the rising global epidemic of type 2 diabetes.
| 2 min read
Effort to solve questions on protein folding created field of protein physical science that has led to major scientific advances.
| 4 min read
