High-speed microscopy reveals electrical activity across the brain
On Aug. 14, 2026, a team of engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced they have invented…
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Biotechnology | Imaging | Medical Device | Neurology | Non-Profit Research | Oncology | Therapeutics
UVA Radiology Professors Develop New Focused Ultrasound Approach for Brain Tumors
On Jul. 30, 2026, researchers at the University of Virginia’s (UVA) Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging have…
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Professor Chih-Ying Su Leaves U.S. to join Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation
On Jul. 1, 2026, Professor Chih-Ying Su, previously Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Neurobiology at…
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Anthropic debuts AI-driven pharma R&D tool, Claude Science
On Jul. 1, 2026, tech giant Anthropic announced it has extended its foray into the life sciences space…
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New MRI sensors developed at MIT sensitively detect target molecules in the brain and body.
On May 27, 2026, researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced that MRI can noninvasively capture detailed images…
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Study Reports unprecedented view of the immune system’s killer cells
On May 4, 2026, a study conducted by the University of Geneva and the Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV)…
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New microscopy technique reveals hidden magnetic chemistry in living systems
On Apr. 6, 2026, a research team at the University of Tokyo announced they have developed a new…
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Zhang Kai, Yale scientist leaves for China university
On Apr. 2, 2026, Zhang Kai, a rising cryo-electron microscopy researcher, has resigned from his tenure-track position at…
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National survey of NIH-funded researchers shows precarious state of U.S. science — ‘This is like the Titanic’
On Mar. 19, 2026, a nationwide STAT survey of federally funded researchers reveals that, a year after Donald…
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Biotechnology | Disease | Imaging | Neurology | Therapeutics
RNA barcodes enable high-speed mapping of connections in the brain
On Mar. 13, 2026, a research team lead by Boxuan Zhao, a professor of cell and developmental biology…
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New microscope reveals living cells in unprecedented detail
On Mar. 2, 2026, Stanford scientists announced that a one-of-a-kind instrument can show cell structures interacting in real…
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Biotechnology | Imaging | NIH | Oncology
Top Computational Biologist Bao Zhirong Returns to Chinese Universities After 30 Years in U.S.
On Feb. 13, 2026, after three decades in the US—from PhD student to full professor—Dr. Bao Zhirong announced…
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Artificial Intelligence | Biotechnology | Environmental | Imaging | Medicine | Nanotechnology | Neurology | NIH | Non-Profit Research
UNC-Chapel Hill announces plans to develop campus extension in Carolina North
On Jan. 21, 2026, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced the development of a new…
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Anthropic launched Claude Life Sciences for research using AI
On Oct. 20, 2025, Anthropic announced a new service called Claude of Life Sciences that uses artificial intelligence…
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UK Biobank celebrates completion of world’s largest human imaging study with landmark events
On Aug. 4, 2025, UK Biobank announced it had reached a historic milestone – completing 100,000 whole-body imaging…
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Biology | Biotechnology | Diagnostics | FDA | Imaging | Marine Science | Medical Device | Pharmaceutical
Horseshoe Crabs Break Free from Biomedical Testing
On Jul. 29, 2025, The Scientist reported that for 40 years, researchers relied on horseshoe crab blood to…
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Artificial Intelligence | Biotechnology | Chemistry | Clinical Research | Diagnostics | Genomics | Imaging | Infectious Disease | Medical Device | Medicine | Pharmaceutical
International Experts Urge Collective Action to Address Emerging AIxBio Risks
On Jul. 17, 2025, More than 35 leading experts highlight the risks posed by rapidly advancing capabilities at…
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International Study Detected Consciousness in Unresponsive Patients
On Aug. 14, 2024, a study co-led by Mass General Brigham found that one in four patients with…
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Imaging technique shows new details of peptide structures
On Apr. 26, 2024, engineers at Washington University in St. Louis announced a new imaging technique that give…
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Cardiology | COVID-19 | Imaging | Infectious Disease | NIH | Therapeutics
Severe lung infection during COVID-19 caused damage to the heart
On Mar. 20, 2024, a National Institutes of Health-supported study reported that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19,…
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National Science Board published “The State of U.S. Science and Engineering 2024”
On Mar. 13, 2024, the National Science Board (NSB) published The State of U.S. Science and Engineering 2024,…
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University of Michigan Center for Innovation breaks ground
On Dec. 14, 2023, the University of Michigan Center for Innovation (UMCI) in Detroit broke ground with high-energy…
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BD launched world’s first spectral cell sorter with high-speed cell imaging
On Jun. 3, 2022, BD announced it will introduce new cell sorting technology at the International Society for…
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New, non-invasive imaging tool maps uterine contractions during labor
On Mar. 14, 2023, National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers announced they had developed a new imaging tool,…
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Abbott received FDA clearance for first commercially available lab-based blood test to help evaluate concussion
On Mar. 7, 2023, Abbott announced that it had received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for what…
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Researchers developed COVID-19 severity screening method based on the Agilent Cary 630 FTIR spectrometer
On Aug. 19, 2021, Agilent Technologies announced that researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in India…
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Biotechnology | FDA | Imaging | Therapeutics
FDA Approved Expanded BOTOX® Label to Include Eight New Muscles to Treat Adults with Upper Limb Spasticity
On Jul. 29, 2021, BOTOX(R) Allergan, an AbbVie company, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
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NIH study showed highly reproducible sex differences in aspects of human brain anatomy
On Jul. 20, 2020, a scientific analysis of more than 2,000 brain scans found evidence for highly reproducible…
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Biotechnology | Cardiology | COVID-19 | FDA | Imaging | Infectious Disease
Philips received FDA clearance for use of ultrasound portfolio to manage COVID-19-related lung and cardiac complications
On May 13, 2020, Royal Philips announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug…
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GW Hospital used VR technology to see into COVID-19 patient’s lungs
On Apr. 2, 2020, George Washington University Hospital announced it had used Virtual Reality technology to see into…
