The year’s most impressive achievements include ecology research via drone, mice with two dads, and the use of artificial intelligence to identify and monitor cancer cells.

Acoustic forces can be used to differentiate adherent from non-adherent cells.

How acoustic waves let researchers measure whether, and how firmly, cells are bound to a substrate

These failures were not due to differences among sample populations.

Researchers flipped light-sensitive proteins upside down for a new twist on optogenetics.

Ultraflexible mesh electrodes monitor the intact, functioning eyes of awake animals.

As robust efforts fail to reproduce findings of influential zebra finch studies from the 1980s, scientists discuss ways to reduce bias in such research.

Mini-brains can be grown in culture or printed.

The Catholic University of America professor was also known for his summer workshops on the latest techniques.