Short strands of RNA floating on a blue background
| 5 min read
Gene knockdown using RNAi enables gene function studies, with applications from pest control to biotherapeutics.

Nobel Prize

Black and gold sketch of Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun, the 2024 Nobel Prize laureates. 

Nobel Prize for microRNA

Small Model Organisms as Versatile Research Tools

Small Model Organisms as Versatile Research Tools

From the Expert: Click Chemistry and Bioorthogonal Applications

From the Expert: Click Chemistry and Bioorthogonal Applications

A close up of several modular puzzle pieces.

Making Connections: Click Chemistry and Bioorthogonal Chemistry

Back view of people clapping for a person standing in the front.

In Fall, Scientists Rise High

Line drawings of Moungi Bawendi (left), Louis Brus (center), and Alexei Ekimov (right) from the shoulders up.

Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Quantum Dots

Black and gold sketch of the three prize winners.

Nobel Prize for Experiments With Light

Black and gold sketch of Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman.

Nobel Prize for mRNA Vaccines

 Dive into Cryo-EM’s History, Milestones, and Insights.

Cryo-EM: Building on a History of Invention and Innovation

A black-and-white photo of a person’s hands holding a black-and-white barred chicken. The feathers of its breast have been pulled back to reveal a large tumor.

Transmissible Tumors, 1909

a black pencil with a white eraser on the tip leaves eraser marks on a piece of paper

Nobel Prize Winner Faces Investigation into Paper Integrity

blue-gloved hands pipetting from test tube

What’s Next for Ancient DNA Studies After the Nobel?

Illustration of the winners of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Biocompatible Reactions In Living Cells Garner Chemistry Nobel

Svante Pääbo with a skeleton

Svante Pääbo Awarded Nobel for Paleogenomics

Sidney Altman looks into the camera

Nobel Laureate Sidney Altman Dies At 82

Man in black suit looking at camera

Pioneering Geneticist C. Thomas Caskey Dies at 83

Neuro collage

Our Favorite Neuroscience Stories of 2021

sketch of two men smiling

Mechanisms of Chili’s Heat, Menthol’s Cool Garner Nobel

A bunch of trophies sit in a rubbish heap.

Opinion: We Should Ditch Awards in Science

Headshot of Richard Ernst, circa 1990

Nobel Laureate Richard Ernst Dies at 87

Trending

A group of newborn mice with their mother.

Maternal Iron Deficiency Can Trigger Sex Reversal in Mouse Embryos

Adélie penguin family

Penguins Are Among the World’s Slowest-Evolving Birds: Study

Photo of John Calhoun crouches within his rodent utopia-turned-dystopia

Universe 25 Experiment

A shot of marathon runners’ legs.

Why Do Some Runners Get Sick After a Marathon?

Multimedia

Conceptual image of gene sequencing showing multicolored bands in a spiral arrangement on a black background.

Rare Disease Research Gets a Boost from Automated NGS Solutions

agilent technologies logo
A photo of a sample storage box sitting on metal racks in a liquid nitrogen-cooled freezer.

Best Practices for Freezing Cell Cultures

Corning logo
Image of small blue creatures called Nergals. Some have hearts above their heads, which signify friendship. There is one Nergal who is sneezing and losing health, which is denoted by minus one signs floating around it.
June 2025, Issue 1

Nergal Networks: Where Friendship Meets Infection

A citizen science game explores how social choices and networks can influence how an illness moves through a population.

View this Issue
Unraveling Complex Biology with Advanced Multiomics Technology

Unraveling Complex Biology with Five-Dimensional Multiomics

Element Bioscience Logo
Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

Twist Bio 
The Scientist Placeholder Image

Seeing and Sorting with Confidence

BD
The Scientist Placeholder Image

Streamlining Microbial Quality Control Testing

MicroQuant™ by ATCC logo

Products

The Scientist Placeholder Image

Agilent Unveils the Next Generation in LC-Mass Detection: The InfinityLab Pro iQ Series

parse-biosciences-logo

Pioneering Cancer Plasticity Atlas will help Predict Response to Cancer Therapies

waters-logo

How Alderley Analytical are Delivering eXtreme Robustness in Bioanalysis