An illustration of lipid nanoparticles (green circles) targeting the lung, designed using neural networks. Witten et al. present a method (LiON) using neural networks for lipid discovery and ...

Scanning electron micrograph of a heart-forming organoid showing a myocardial layer (pink) separated by a thin endocardial layer (blue) from an anterior foregut endoderm and vascular layer (cinnamon); ...

A series of bright fluorescent RNAs enable imaging of RNA in live cells. This original image shows heterogeneity of protein translation in a cancer cell line, where mCherry protein (red) and its ...

Zhenan Bao and colleagues design and fabricate multilayered electronics that adapt to growing nerves, allowing chronic electrical stimulation during the fastest growth period in rats. The approach ...

Hand-painted picture of a rice plant, showing the extensive root system. Zhang et al. show that rice recruits specific bacteria to the root microbiota to optimize nitrogen acquisition from soil. See ...

It is time to rethink intellectual property and pricing practices that prevent global access to genetic therapies.

Increasing access to biotech products for animal agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa through partnerships José de la Fuente Christian Gortázar Justus Rutaisire ...

Reconstruction of nerve bundles in a rhesus monkey brain. Fang Xu et al. present a method to image a whole monkey brain at micrometer resolution in 100 hours. See Xu et al. Image: Chao-Yu Yang and ...

Artist’s impression of a protein translocating through a nanopore. Yu et al. identify conditions that allow complete proteins to translocate through a nanopore when driven by an electroosmotic effect.

Artwork by Pamela Goode. Neuron- and glia-like cells derived from induced pluripotent stem cells promise tractable, individualized human models of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and amyotrophic lateral ...

Single-cell proteomics maps protein dynamics in the developing human brain.

Nguyen et al. developed a lyophilized synthetic biology circuit embedded in fabric that transmits viral detection signals through a textile-integrated waveguide. See Nguyen et al. Image: Peter Q.