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Across the globe, citizen scientists are fueling research efforts—one mystery slime, insect, swab, and sample at a time.

Cheng Lyu earned the 2025 Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology for his work on olfactory circuit development, joined by finalists Constanze Depp and Sara Mederos.

From technologies for scientists at the lab bench to those in the clinic, this year’s Top Innovations have a lot to offer.

Microplate readers with environmental control enable continuous wound healing assay monitoring without disrupting cell cultures.

Scientists turned to a variety of animals—and people—to better understand why they indulge in one drink too many and how this affects the body.

Within the tumor microenvironment, networks of cells and molecular signals form a dynamic landscape that drives disease progression.

Scalable, reproducible, and customizable antibodies help scientists keep their research on track.   

César de la Fuente shares how his team uses artificial intelligence to uncover novel antibiotics from nature’s hidden reservoirs.

Todd Dickinson from Stellaromics introduces a new system that redefines spatial analysis in thick, intact tissue.

Functional antibodies are key experimental tools for targeting the complex tumor microenvironment and developing new immunotherapies.

Gustavo Perez from Leica Biosystems shares how integrating the right technologies and expertise during diagnostic development helps improve precision oncology.

Recognized in the Biotechnology category of the 2025 Top Innovations contest, small Cas12l nucleases are versatile, high-performance tools for genome editing.

Fujirebio's Lumipulse® G pTau217/β-Amyloid 1-42 Plasma Ratio test has the potential to shorten the Alzheimer's disease diagnostic journey and enable earlier intervention through its accessibility and high diagnostic performance.

Biosensing plays a fundamental role in the latest technology that sheds light on how G protein-coupled receptors are activated by synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists.

Scientists optimize cell culture-based workflows with a wide range of methods for monitoring transfection outcomes.