Biomolecular condensates are tiny, droplet-like structures made up of molecules that help organize key processes in living ...

Kitchen sponges shed microplastics, but water use drives most environmental harm. Real-world and lab data show reducing water consumption has the greatest impact. Kitchen sponges may look harmless, ...

Scientists may have been unknowingly inflating microplastics pollution estimates, and the surprising source could be their own lab gloves. A University of Michigan study found that common nitrile and ...

The tools meant to detect microplastics—lab gloves—might be quietly skewing the results. A new University of Michigan study ...

After a moment of doubt, Antoine Pages approached the chef grilling outside Berkeley Bowl West on a recent sunny Friday. A steamy meatball, blanketed in burgundy sauce, overwhelmed the small plate he ...

Novartis has settled a lawsuit by the estate of Henrietta Lacks that alleged the pharmaceutical giant unjustly profited off her cells, which were taken from her tumor without her knowledge in 1951 and ...

Seventy-five years ago, long before standards mandating informed consent of research subjects were established, Henrietta Lacks unknowingly became a part of one of the most significant discoveries in ...

At CES 2026, one of the lesser-known names made themselves highly viral, and that’s Donut Lab and their production-ready all-solid-state battery that can be slid into electric vehicles with ease. When ...

A tiny version of the developing cerebral cortex – a brain region involved in thinking, memory and problem-solving – has been grown in a lab dish, with a system of blood vessels that closely resembles ...