Microfluidic systems redefined biology by providing platforms that handle small fluid volumes, catalyzing advancements in cellular and molecular studies.

The Royal Society's annual science extravaganza packs some interesting stuff into 5 days of love and research.

A series of technological advancements for automation and parallel imaging made volume electron microscopy more user friendly while increasing throughput.

To understand how memories are formed and maintained, neuroscientists travel far beyond the cell body in search of answers.

THE CULTURE WITHIN:Photo courtesy of Drs. C.C. Uphoff and H.G. Drexler, DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganism and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, GermanyHeLa cell line infected with Mycoplasma hyorhinis. Scanning electron micrograph of critical point-dried cell culture grown on cover slips. Note the loop- and rod-like mycoplasmas attached to the host cell membrane. Smaller web-like structures on the cell surface represent microvilli of the cell. Original magnification 3,000×.Mycoplasmas have

This year’s crop of winning products features many with a clinical focus and others that represent significant advances in sequencing, single-cell analysis, and more.

"Lots of companies come out with media or reagents for this or that, and make a big splash, but they're all basically derivatives of traditional products," says Hayden Coon, a former National Institutes of Health re-searcher who is the founder of Human Cell Therapies Inc. of Chebeague Island, Maine. Advanced Biotechnologies Inc. Columbia, MD American Qualex Antibodies La Mirada, CA American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) Rockv

"Lots of companies come out with media or reagents for this or that, and make a big splash, but they're all basically derivatives of traditional products," says Hayden Coon, a former National Institutes of Health re-searcher who is the founder of Human Cell Therapies Inc. of Chebeague Island, Maine. Advanced Biotechnologies Inc. Columbia, MD American Qualex Antibodies La Mirada, CA American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) Rockv

Pointers for keeping your cell cultures free of mycoplasma contamination

The high-profile retractions of two COVID-19 studies stunned the scientific community earlier this year and prompted calls for reviews of how science is conducted, published, and acted upon. The warning signs had been there all along.