Technology Features in 2015

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  • The optogenetics techniques that have long been used in neuroscience are now giving biologists the power to probe cellular structures with unprecedented precision.

    • Amber Dance
    Technology Feature

  • Antibodies used in research often give murky results. Broader awareness and advanced technologies promise clarity.

    • Monya Baker
    Technology Feature

  • Nanoscopes capable of super-resolution offer scientists intricate views of a world beyond the limits of conventional microscopes — but not every technique fits all imaging needs.

    • Michael Eisenstein
    Technology Feature

  • Working at a variety of scales and with disparate organisms and technologies, researchers are mapping how parts of the brain connect.

    • Amber Dance
    Technology Feature

  • Cutting-edge tools and analyses are digging deeper than ever before to unveil the intricacies of the diverse human immune system.

    • Marissa Fessenden
    Technology Feature

  • The United Kingdom aims to sequence 100,000 human genomes by 2017. But screening them for disease-causing variants will require innovative software.

    • Vivien Marx
    Technology Feature

  • The body's organs are more complex than any factory. Attempts to mirror their physiology in the laboratory are getting closer to capturing their intricacies.

    • Vivien Marx
    Technology Feature

  • Sometimes a drug causes a tumour to completely recede, but only in a tiny percentage of people. Scientists want to decipher such outlier responses for the benefit of all patients.

    • Vivien Marx
    Technology Feature

  • Cutting-edge tools that can identify the characteristics of cells are helping researchers to develop more-effective vaccines.

    • Jim Kling
    Technology Feature