Forget your smartwatch or fitness tracker; this latest development in wearable technology turns its attention to the plant world. Tiny, tattoo-like sensors and a kirigami-inspired band that wraps ...

Researchers have identified a key protein that allows herpesvirus, which causes genital herpes, to get into the nervous ...

A novel prime editing tool has unraveled some of the mysteries of fungi and identified compounds with promising anti-cancer ...

We speak to the winners of the 2026 Al Yergy MS Scientist Awards to find out more about the techniques they pioneered.

In recent years, New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) have become a focal point for conversations between researchers, governments and regulators. Mounting pressures worldwide to reduce our reliance on ...

Researchers uncovered a new role for the TDP-43 protein in controlling the function of microglia, the immune cells of the brain. Their study shows how the loss of this protein in microglia may ...

Microbiology investigates the mighty, minute organisms – including bacteria, archaea, algae, fungi, protozoa and viruses – that play an essential role in our health and ecosystems around the globe.

A novel RNA sequencing technology enables simultaneous quantification of intracellular proteins and transcriptomes, which could transform cancer research and therapeutics. Single-cell RNA sequencing ...

Revvity emerged from the life sciences and diagnostics business of PerkinElmer (MA, USA) in May 2023 when the company divested its food, applied and enterprise services businesses. These businesses ...

Infrared light therapy could alleviate symptoms in dementia patients, according to a pilot study. Researchers have found that transcranial photobiomodulation therapy (PBM-T) – where the individual ...

Drug development is a notoriously slow, complex and costly process, with over 90% of drug candidates failing before reaching the market. A major cause of this inefficiency is the reliance on ...

BioTechniques’ Editor-in-chief Michelle Itano (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA) casts her eye back to pick out her top three papers from April to June. Get her reviews of an ...