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Researchers could one day use the method to deliver antibiotics to topical wounds infected by hard-to-treat masses of bacteria.

The scientific community said goodbye to Sydney Brenner, Paul Greengard, Patricia Bath, and a number of other leading researchers this year.

Three researchers, Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou, and Donna Strickland, who worked on optical tweezers and chirped pulse amplification win the 2018 award.

Nicolaas Bloembergen’s research laid the groundwork for the development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology.

Using new nanochip technology, scientists can measure the light emitted by engineered fluorescing bacteria.

A look at the contributions of some of the prominent researchers who died this year

Charles Townes, Nobel Prize-winning physicist, has passed away at age 99.

See the experiment that used lasers and optogenetics to alter sexual behavior in Drosophila.

Three-dimensional scaffolds for growing and guiding neurons are getting smaller and more tailored in design.

Cells that produce laser light may one day zap cancer cells.

Researchers have developed a new kind of laser that mimics some of the world's most beautiful birds, copying the nanoscale structure of their brightly colored feathers to capture light.