In the landlocked, sub-Saharan country of Malawi, oftentimes only land separates wells for drinking water from sewage in toilet pits. Cholera, a highly contagious bacterial disease found in ...

A lot of scientific software is freeware or free/open source software (FOSS). That’s appropriate: just as the process of science should be open to enhance reproducibility, its tools should be as ...

In 2022, Carolina Quezada was on the hunt for a new piece of equipment. To synthesize the metallic nanoparticles she works with, she needed a dry bath incubator to heat the starting materials. She ...

Ed tech startup Labster whose software platform enables virtual simulations of laboratories for teaching life science to students, has closed a $10 million Series A round of funding led by early stage ...

It's a familiar refrain: we need to do more to attract and retain students in STEM majors. As a New York Times story argued late last year, one of the keys to doing so involves less lecture, more ...

Texas A&M students take food science from lab to label, creating market-ready sauces in a hands-on pilot plant.

Start the school year safely by assigning the Lab Safety STEM Certificate! Designed for middle and high school students, each video introduces essential lab procedures and safety guidelines, including ...

WELLINGTON — “A little dab’ll do ya,” proclaims a 1950s TV commercial. Though the ad was selling hair cream, the concept could be applied to the process of replicating DNA in a science lab or ...

Science labs across the country are running low on crucial equipment. Our Planet Money team investigated what is behind the supply shortage. Science labs across the country are running low on crucial ...

Have you ever needed to hunt down a short circuit, but you’ve had no idea where it is or how it’s happening? As it turns out, there are tools to help in that regard. Enter the Leakseeker-89R. The ...