technology

Celebrating 30 years and a resurrection

From mouth pipetting to automated liquid handling, life-science labs have gotten much safer over the past three decades.

Researchers develop a wearable technology that can detect magnetic fields and translate the signal into a visual display—a first step toward equipping humans with an entirely new sense.

Researchers in Japan have developed a photoactivatable Cas9 nuclease to control CRISPR-based gene editing with the flip of a switch.

Piecing together scraps of DNA from a 400,000-year-old hominin femur

Revolutionary new methods for extracting, purifying, and sequencing ever-more-ancient DNA have opened an unprecedented window into the history of life on Earth.

Researchers unearth 3.3 million-year-old stone flakes in Kenya, forcing a reimagining of the emergence of such technologies in the ancestors of humans.

The technology company is launching a new data-sharing platform that it says can make any iPhone user a medical research participant. But the associated ethics are anything but simple.

J. Robert Beyster, who established one of the largest research and engineering firms, passed away at age 90.

From bioimaging to drug delivery and therapeutics, nanotechnology is poised to change the way doctors practice medicine.

A new technology allows for charging up tiny electronics from a distance, perhaps powering devices deeply embedded within tissue.

The agency OKs the first prosthetic arm controlled by neural signals from the user’s muscles.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science, publisher of the journal Science, announces plans for a new digital open-access publication, Science Advances.

Georgia Tech researchers develop technology that could allow assistance dogs to better communicate with their handlers.

Researchers apply a 3-D printing technique to structure populations of bacteria in a three-dimensional environment.

A new gadget combines the dual obsessions of do-it-yourself science and self-quantification.

Already a world leader in high-tech entrepreneurship, Israel is now flexing its biotech muscles.

Online social networks alter how users see themselves and their world.

A microfluidic device scans individual C. elegans for abnormal traits and sorts wild-type animals from mutants.

A precision microfluidic system enables single-cell analysis of growth and division.