A wave of spatial transcriptomics studies has produced gene-expression atlases that span entire organs and whole organisms, from mouse embryos to the roundworm C. elegans to 31 human tissues. These ...

Understanding gene expression within the body has been a boon for 21st century biology and therapeutics, but most discoveries ...

Andreas Pfenning discusses the techniques being developed and used to study neuronal heterogeneity and the therapeutic potential of his work.

The ABRF Annual Meeting is back! This year, it will be held at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh (PA, USA) from 28–31 March. The theme is Innovating at the Intersection of Science, ...

Foster City, Calif. | January 27, 2026 — Signios Bio today announced the launch of a new grant program supporting innovative spatial transcriptomics research using the 10x Genomics Xenium 5K Spatial ...

Why personalized gene editing, genetic resurrections and embryo scoring made our list. Earlier this week, MIT Technology Review published its annual list of Ten Breakthrough Technologies. As always, ...

This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. Introducing this year’s 10 Breakthrough Technologies It’s easy ...

Tuberculosis, an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, poses a major global health challenge. Despite being largely controlled for several decades, tuberculosis has experienced a ...

Overview Energy plans to develop satellites collecting solar power in geosynchronous orbit and beaming it to Earth using near-infrared wide-beam lasers. Credit: Overview Energy WASHINGTON — A space ...

Last year we debuted Hard Fork’s 100 Most Iconic Technologies list, in which we ranked the technologies from across all of history that best define life as we know it. To our surprise, it became one ...