On June 28, 2012, the most significant scientific breakthrough of the first quarter of the 21st century was announced to the ...

Researchers developed and successfully piloted a graduate-level laboratory course using fully animal-free materials and ...

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Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have cracked open the secrets of plant stem cells, mapping key genetic regulators in maize and Arabidopsis. By using single-cell RNA sequencing, they ...

Spaceflight makes certain human stem cells age faster, a new study has found, furthering scientists’ understanding of the potential effects of space exploration on the human body. Stem cells are found ...

When classes begin this week at one public charter school in Florida, some of the lessons will be taught in barns and animal pens. Colleen Bradford Krantz of Iowa PBS reports. Instead of heading to a ...

A UW-Madison alumna filed the lawsuit after she worked in a research lab where she said she witnessed animal abuse. The free speech lawsuit focused on whether a public university can remove negative ...

The boxy metal shell surrounding Torness nuclear power station is painted to blend in with the surrounding sky. Bowing to the dour weather of Scotland’s coast, the designers picked a tepid grey-blue.

Advanced light microscopy techniques are giving scientists a new understanding of human biology and what goes wrong in diseases Katarina Zimmer, Knowable Magazine Innovative techniques are helping ...