technology

The latest group of winning technologies has a little something for everyone—from scientists at the lab bench to those in the clinic and even the classroom.

By coloring different organelles simultaneously, cell painting allows scientists to pick up subtle changes in cell function in response to drugs and other perturbations.

Camera-free imaging unlocks new cell sorting applications.

Researchers identified cold-adapted microbes that degrade certain plastics at low temperatures, potentially saving energy in industrial recycling.

This year’s crop of winning products features many with a clinical focus and others that represent significant advances in sequencing, single-cell analysis, and more.

There is only one week remaining to submit your new product to vie for a coveted spot in The Scientist’s 2022 competition.

A new CRISPR screening technology allows scientists to recreate tumor heterogeneity in vivo and study how it affects all aspects of cancer biology.

The launch of the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability—the first new school at the university in 70 years—comes thanks to a $1.1 billion gift from a venture capitalist and his wife.

Don Ingber discusses how organ-on-a-chip technology helps identify, study, and combat viral variants that could cause the next pandemic.

His research uncovered secrets of motility in E. coli.

It was the first time a bird has removed a tracking device, and the second time a bird species showed cooperative “rescue” behavior.

The Scientist spoke with cognitive neuroscientist Ronen Segev about how he taught goldfish to maneuver a moveable tank over land toward a visual target.

In the introduction, editor Marcelo Gleiser establishes the need for dialogue across the science-humanities divide in academia.

To solve modern problems, we must integrate the sciences and the humanities and think across these traditionally disparate disciplines.

The COVID-19 pandemic is still with us. Biomedical innovation has rallied to address that pressing concern while continuing to tackle broader research challenges.

With the help of special glasses that interface with electrodes embedded in her brain, Berna Gomez was able to read letters and distinguish shapes for the first time in 16 years.

Eugene Koonin and Eric Niederkofler discuss novel technologies to improve viral mutation surveillance.

The legislation, which now heads to the House, aims to ensure the country can compete with China technologically by supporting research and development over the next five years.

Last year’s Top 10 Innovations judges look into their crystal balls.