Category: 7. Science

Each year, the MIT Technology Review recognizes science and technology trailblazers whose work is helping solve global problems. Three members of the Allen School community were named part of this year’s MIT Technology Review…

During a procedure known as laser lithotripsy, urologists use a small, video-guided laser to blast painful, potentially damaging kidney stones to smithereens. 

It’s better for the patient if urologists can break kidney stones down as…

During a procedure known as laser lithotripsy, urologists use a small, video-guided laser to blast painful, potentially damaging kidney stones to smithereens. 

It’s better for the patient if urologists can break kidney stones down as…

SpaceX launched 29 more of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit today (Oct. 29), sending them up from Florida’s Space Coast.

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today at 12:35…

Encased in a blanket of blubber that is nearly half a metre thick, and with a…

DNA extraction

Plant growth and isolation of high-molecular-weight DNA

High-molecular-weight (HMW) DNA was extracted from young leaf tissue from a single two-week-old seedling grown in an isolated growth chamber under a 12-h photoperiod. The…

The human bone was scanned using micro-CT imaging, which revealed it was likely to have come from a thigh bone. Subsequently, it was also radiocarbon dated using the most up-to-date decontamination methods, which placed the bone between 46,000…

The human bone was scanned using micro-CT imaging, which revealed it was likely to have come from a thigh bone. Subsequently, it was also radiocarbon dated using the most up-to-date decontamination methods, which placed the bone between 46,000…