laboratory equipment

The pandemic continues to make it difficult for researchers to get reagents and other materials in high demand for COVID-19 research and testing, threatening experiments’ progress and scientists’ careers.

Cell biologist Derek Applewhite gives a peek inside his laboratory at Reed College.

The mountain is home to two historic telescopes and many other scientific instruments, along with a billion dollars’ worth of broadcast transmission towers.

An inflatable biosafety laboratory may help meet the global need for testing infrastructure during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Britain’s largest university aims to eliminate single-use plastics, in the lab and elsewhere around campus, by 2024. How exactly the institution plans to meet that goal is yet to be determined.

See Robert Murphy of Carnegie Mellon University discuss the revolutionary application of machine learning to biomedical research.

The DIY devices collect data and enable light stimulation, chamber agitation, and gas infusion.

The instrument presents a new option for researchers working on large-scale fly behavior studies.

As E. coli bacteria spread over increasingly concentrated antibiotics, researchers discover novel evolutionary pathways that confer resistance.

3-D printed components allow researchers to construct custom-made instruments.

Meet some of the products that nearly cracked the Top 10 Innovations of 2015.

One large provider says the shortfall should clear up by early 2016.

How to choose programs that suit your lab’s ’omics analysis needs

A novel virus thought to have come from human samples appears to have been derived from seawater during the manufacture of tubes used to extract DNA.  

Fueled by donations, sweat, and occasional dumpster diving, community laboratories for DIY biologists are cropping up around the country.