Labs trying to understand the spread of microplastics have a unique problem: the tiny plastic particles are everywhere. Avoiding contamination of samples and experiments takes a lot of time and effort ...

Yes, the UAB Department of Psychology is behind the wheel of an innovative research program designed to study driver behavior—especially among high school students—and use the gathered data to improve ...

Findings from a lab-based study claiming that the spike protein of the COVID-19 virus causes DNA damage have been used to raise concerns about COVID-19 vaccine safety. COVID-19 vaccines use a modified ...

Soil microbiology research increasingly depends on big data. This means that experiments will no longer only mostly be carried out under controlled conditions in the laboratory but will instead move ...

As a researcher, I still remember the discomfort I felt every time I had to sacrifice laboratory animals for an experiment. For decades, animals like mice, rats and pigs have been essential tools in ...

The experiment that became known as the Elephant Man trial began one spring morning, in 2006, when clinicians at London’s Northwick Park Hospital infused six healthy young men with an experimental ...