In a joint letter sent to Executive Vice President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans and several European Commissioners, a group of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) join Cruelty Free Europe and Cefic calling for the EU’s goal of reducing and replacing animal testing to be fully taken into account in the upcoming Reach impact assessment, including a measurement of numbers of animal tests as well as a modernised legislative framework.

Researchers have come up with a voxelated approach to advance the field of 3D bioprinting. In this new technique, small spherical bio-ink particles i.e. voxels are used as the basic unit to create 3D structures that mimic the geometry, texture, and function of human tissues and organs. Also, as voxels are zero-dimensional as compared to filaments; they offer greater versatility, thus, opening new possibilities for biomedical engineering.

Researchers at the Hokkaido University in Japan have revealed a new paste-based method for producing Grignard reagents which are largely used across the chemical industry. This method is simpler, environment-friendly, has the capacity to reduce the use of hazardous organic solvents as well as has the potential to lower production costs.

Two newly discovered organisms point to the existence of an ancient organism that resembled a tiny version of the lumbering, human-eating science fiction plants known as ‘triffids,’ according to research from an international team.

Researchers spearheaded by UC Riverside have now solved the 50-year-old mystery behind plant growth. All plants depend on the molecule auxin to grow as its causes their cells to become acidic and allows the walls to soften and expand but how does auxin activate the acidification?

Geothermal power plants produce superheated brine, which is full of lithium and other minerals. Berkeley Lab scientists now assess the technology landscape for developing a domestic source of lithium.

Bruker announced new software and hardware addressing the need for enhanced workflow solutions for NMR spectroscopy research and analysis.

The current leading method to assess the presence of viruses and other biological markers of disease is effective but large and expensive. It is difficult for use in many situations. So researchers created and tested an alternative miniaturized system that makes use of low-cost components and a smartphone.

Early snowmelt increases the risk of phenological mismatch, in which the flowering of periodic plants and pollinators fall out of sync, compromising seed production. Gaku Kudo of Hokkaido University and Elisabeth J. Cooper of the Arctic University of Norway have demonstrated that early snowmelt results in the spring ephemeral Corydalis ambigua flowering ahead of the emergence of its pollinator, the bumblebee.

In an unusual study, researchers brought vampire bats from distant Panamanian populations together for four months in a laboratory setting and tracked how the bats’ gut microbes changed over time. They found that bats that interacted closely with one another shared much more than body heat.