A student in an Advanced Placement biology class might dissect a fetal pig to study internal organs and the skeleton. But can a student get the same level of experience from a virtual dissection ...

Last year, in July, Reine Protacio’s experiments suddenly stopped working. Every scientist encounters baffling results from time to time; you chalk it up to error, repeat the experiment, and hope for ...

A virtual laboratory under development at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro aims to let students experiment with physics concepts without physically being in a lab. Computer simulations ...

Joseph Agnew, undergrad and research assistant from the University of Alabama in Huntsville’s Propulsion Research Center (PRC), presented the results of his study “An Examination of Warp Theory and ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Since Aristotle, scientists have vivisected, poked, and prodded live ...

Brian Abbey receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the Australian Maths and Science Partnerships Program (AMSPP). David Hoxley receives funding from the Australian Research Council ...

The pathway Helena Ochoa followed to her current job as a scientist at Pfizer started in a learning lab at Fred Hutch Cancer Center. Ochoa first came to Fred Hutch on a high school field trip with her ...

Last month, the US National Ignition Facility (NIF) fired its lasers up to full power for the first time since December, when it achieved its decades-long goal of ‘ignition’ by producing more energy ...

Due to their genetic and physiological similarities to humans, lab rodents have become the cornerstone of animal research. Olena Kurashova/iStock More than 20 years ago, two Harvard University medical ...