Scientists devised a synthetic protein-based motor fueled by biological reactions to cut through a peptide lawn.

Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) has a complicated relationship with humans. While this commensal bacterium colonizes ...

A new prime editing sensor library targeting p53 mutations allowed scientists to interrogate thousands of tumor genotypes as they arose in endogenous contexts.

Moments after birth, a baby takes a first breath as the placenta, which has served as the fetus’ lungs during gestation, transfers responsibility to the baby's own organs. However, for patients born ...

Three-dimensional cell culture models including organoids enable researchers to recapitulate complex biological processes and tissue characteristics in a controllable in vitro setting. However, ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming more integrated across industries, and biology research is no exception. However, most of these models perform specific tasks. For example, AlphaFold predicts ...

CRISPR-carrying lipid nanoparticles enabled researchers to correct a rare nonsense mutation in the lungs of a cystic fibrosis ...

Yet, despite the cost savings that virtual platforms offered for researchers, scientists flew to conferences in throngs once ...

Nathan Ni holds a PhD from Queens University. He is a science editor for The Scientist’s Creative Services Team who strives to better understand and communicate the relationships between health and ...

Isaac Garcia-Murillas is a molecular biologist at the Institute of Cancer Research. Following PhD training and a postdoctoral fellowship where he studied lipids and intracellular signaling in model ...

Hannah joined The Scientist as an assistant editor in 2023. She earned her PhD in neuroscience from the University of Washington in 2017 and completed the Dalla Lana Fellowship in Global Journalism in ...