Scientists have long known that the DNA code in genes is not the only way to pass genetic traits from parents to offspring. "Epigenetic" marks—chemical modifications to DNA that don't change the DNA ...

Robots and AI are running experiments around the clock, from battery chemistry to cancer therapies. But can they be trusted ...

Health officials in British Columbia are warning drug users about a new laboratory-made opioid that's made its way into the unregulated drug supply in the province. Last week, Interior Health issued a ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. NASA will for the first time seek outside bids to run JPL, putting Caltech’s eight-decade stewardship at risk and ...

SINGAPORE – While the process of developing treatments for diseases typically involves testing drugs on cells in petri dishes, the stiff, sterile plastic of such laboratory equipment cannot accurately ...

Branching out: the team says it is the first demonstration of Voronoi diagrams in plant venation patterns. Left: a leaf of the Chinese money plant. Right: A computer model of a Voronoi diagram that ...

Abstract: We report a micro-nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) system compatible with multi-type biological/chemical lab-on-a-chip assays. Unified in a handheld scale (dimension: 14 × 6 × 11 cm 3, ...

The mysterious deaths of four members of the Dokadia family in Pydhonie have taken a major turn after Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) reports confirmed the presence of zinc phosphide, a highly toxic ...

As the remaining passengers head for the Canary Islands we look at how the virus spreads and what is being done The cruise ship hit with a deadly outbreak of hantavirus is on its way to the Canary ...

Tied up in knots: the tiny knotted robot could find applications in agriculture and reforestation. (Courtesy: Bella Ciervo/Penn Engineering) Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and the ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has uncovered the most diverse set of organic molecules ever detected on Mars, including seven compounds never before observed on the planet, according to new research published ...