This video is based on "The Little Book of Irish Science" produced by Science Foundation Ireland and was written by Claire O'Connell, PhD, MSc Science Communication.

Supported by a $953,958 grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), researchers at the University of California San Diego will develop a sophisticated new biosensor that can protect the nation’s water supplies from a wide range of toxins, including heavy metals and other poisons.

Controlling the environment and the operation determines much of the accuracy

Controlling the environment and the operation determines much of the accuracy

In this month’s Tech News section, we highlight exhibitors for two tradeshows—INTERPHEX 2014, which takes place March 18-19 in New York City and the 105th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), which will be held April 5-9, 2014, in San Diego, California. 

This webinar will provide practical takeaways to help you become more proactive in experiencing powerful team results, and enhance your effectiveness as team leader or team member.

From the sun, a solution: Cornell University and Weill Cornell Medical College researchers have remodeled an energy-intensive medical test – designed to detect a deadly skin cancer related to HIV infections – to create a quick diagnostic assay perfect for remote regions of the world, according to Scientific Reports (Feb. 20), an online publication of Nature.

In this webinar, you will learn how you can perform cell proliferation, cytotoxicity, and other assays without fluorescent labels like DAPI or cell viability dyes on an imaging microplate reader.

In this webinar we will identify the competencies of excellent managers and leaders (you may find out something about yourself too!). We also give you the opportunity to compare some of your staff against these characteristics.

Used plastic shopping bags can be converted into petroleum products that serve a multitude of purposes.

Make the Olympics an opportunity for team-building rather than allowing it to be a distraction, experts say.

Almost every piece of equipment—from a computer to an oscilloscope and beyond—uses a power supply. Scientists expect power supplies to keep going and going. Luckily, most of them do. Those power plants inside devices, though, come in a wide assortment.

The equipment, instruments and systems introduced to the laboratory market at Pittcon 2014.

Recently, there seems to be more and more cases of scientists faking research

A bill to be heard today (Feb. 10) before the Wisconsin state Assembly's education committee would keep scientific research from the public eye if it passes.