News | Discovery & Design in the Lab

Recreating Gunpowder Recipes from the 1300s Reveals Chemical Secrets
September 23, 2021

Math Constructions of COVID-19 Could Provide New Insight for Vaccines, Treatment
September 24, 2021
Mathematical construction enables examination of the activity of individual virus particles including the emergence of new spikes—and more severe infection potential—that can result when a single virus particle infects a human cell. Read More News
Common Dog Parasite is Developing Resistance to Treatments
September 24, 2021
Hookworms, one of the most common parasites plaguing the companion animal world, have now become one of the most common parasites plaguing the companion animal world. Read More News
Winged Microchip is Smallest-ever Human-made Flying Structure
September 24, 2021
About the size of a grain of sand, the new flying microchip (or “microflier”) does not have a motor or engine. Instead, it catches flight on the wind. Read More News
New Technique Boosts Cryo-electron Microscopy Clarity, Safety
September 24, 2021
A new study demonstrates that cryo-EM samples can be prepared with a safer and less expensive coolant—liquid nitrogen—and these samples can produce even sharper images than those prepared with ethane. Read More News
Intensified Water Cycle Slows Down Global Warming, New Study Finds
September 24, 2021
The increase in ocean surface salinity in salty regions, such as the subtropical oceans, leads to denser seawater and more heat uptake in to the deep ocean. Read More News

Gene, Green, DNA, and Disease: How Ultrapure Water Enables Cutting-edge Research
Whether used for diluting RNA after extraction from cells, for RNAseq analysis, or for preparing growth media for cell culture, ultrapure water is key for experimental success.
From in vitro to ex vivo: How Incubators Ensure Repeatability
Let’s take a look at a few common incubator sizes, the applications they support and technologies they boast to ensure precision, uniformity and repeatability of in vitro conditions.
Q&A: Lab Data Challenges Then and Now
In this interview, Sridhar Iyengar, CEO & founder of Elemental Machines—a company that manufactures sensors for real-time data monitoring—gives his thoughts on the shifts the lab industry has seen in the past 10 years, 5 years, and the last 1.5 years of an unprecedented global pandemic.