In the 1930s, the Switzer brothers stumbled onto a way to mimic fluorescence. That led to Day-Glo, which has been making the world a brighter place ever since ...

A team led by Northwestern University and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab scientists have developed a new technology that can eavesdrop on the hidden electrical dialogues unfolding inside miniature, lab-grown ...

Microplastics and nanoplastics are now found everywhere on Earth, from ocean depths to agricultural soils and even inside the human body. Yet scientists still struggle to understand what these ...

A European project calls for help to verify whether carbon quantum dots are really able to sense chemicals in cells.

Researchers use directed evolution to create magneto-sensitive fluorescent proteins that can interact with magnetic fields and radio waves ...

Psychedelics can quiet the brain’s visual input system, pushing it to replace missing details with vivid fragments from ...

Engineered wax moth larvae may become a fast, low-cost way to study infections and screen new drugs before testing in mammals.

“Many antibodies that were not functional when expressed as intrabodies were ultimately found to be converted into functional ones in our study,” commented Kimura. “This confirms that AI allowed us to ...

A new chip sorts individual living cells through open air along adjustable paths, offering a gentler and more flexible alternative to conventional methods.

A new 3D electronic mesh device allows scientists to record and stimulate activity across almost the entire surface of lab-grown human "mini-brains." ...