Scientists at the Allen Institute for Cell Science have developed an open-source stem cell line with fluorescent tags for cardiac cells.

Computational biologists are optimistic that the purchase of the world’s largest hub for open-source computer code will not affect the way they use GitHub for science.

With open-source software and Lego hardware, researchers have created a low-cost, automated method for cellular fluorescence microscopy.

A life-science information platform joins the nonprofit organization that helped develop the open-source operating system.

Computational challenges are tapping the collective wisdom of the scientific community to solve medicine’s biggest problems.