Many scientists will go out of their way to save a few bucks, especially when it comes to improvising with makeshift lab equipment. So when Jacquelyn Gill, an associate professor of paleoecology and ...

A lot of scientific software is freeware or free/open source software (FOSS). That’s appropriate: just as the process of science should be open to enhance reproducibility, its tools should be as ...

Don’t judge Daniel Grushkin because he used to perform science experiments in his cramped New York apartment. Even though he isn’t a typical scientist, the amateur biologist still managed to insert a ...

A simple pressure pump, made from balloons and nylon stockings, will give more people in more places the ability to test for water contaminants and analyze blood samples. The ingenious device, ...

The biohacking movement has created a wealth of options for hobbyist scientists. In Brooklyn, a DIY lab offers a place for the curious to dabble On a crowded stretch of Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn, on ...

Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Mike Szczys select our favorite hardware hacks of the past week. This episode is packed with DIY lab instruments, including a laser microscope, a Raspberry Pi ...

Want to know if you have the “athlete gene” or if you’re actually related to the weirdos who claim you as a family member? Get your collection tubes ready, citizen scientists, Bento Lab’s DIY DNA ...

What if you could take the power of genetics testing in the lab and miniaturise it down to a portable box? Well, that’s what the Bento Lab is trying to do. Bento Bio, the start-up behind the Bento Lab ...