The Broad Institute and Fluidigm Corporation have announced the launch of a new research center dedicated to accelerating the development of research methods and discoveries in mammalian single-cell genomics.
Discipline-based education research (DBER) has generated insights that could help improve undergraduate education in science and engineering, but these findings have not yet prompted widespread changes in teaching practice, says a new report.
The nation's $1 billion stream restoration industry needs to do more to ensure that projects are guided by science, according to the co-editor of a new American Geophysical Union monograph.
In order to take full advantage of RNAi technology for disease research, scientists in the Broad Institute’s RNAi Platform launched an effort to build a library of RNAi reagents to target every gene in the human and mouse genomes.
Growing demand among baby boomers and others for “enhanced cosmetics” that marry cosmetics and active ingredients to smooth wrinkled skin and otherwise improve appearance is fostering research on micro-capsules and other technology.
Today, the University of Montreal (UdeM) and its partners are launching SNOLAB, an underground particle physics laboratory that grew out of a collaboration between the university's researchers and their colleagues.