Picture a jeweler at work. Magnifier in hand, he examines a stone, studying the way light dances off it. He’s trying to determine whether it’s a diamond or merely cut glass, of engagement-ring quality ...

The Science Lab is the first academic room that you can make and is probably one of the more important rooms overall. It particularly introduces the Archaeology course which is one of the best ways to ...

Like a lot of engineers, I spent a lot of time in libraries when I was a kid. There were certain books you’d check out over and over again. One of those was [Raymond Barrett’s] Build-It-Yourself ...

If you enjoyed this article, I’d like to ask for your support. Scientific American has served as an advocate for science and industry for 180 years, and right now may be the most critical moment in ...

Automata, a company that combines software and hardware to automate science labs around the globe, has raised $40 million in an equity-based round of funding, as the U.K.-based startup looks to double ...

The University condemned the insertion of “political views within the lab notes for a class session,” according to a statement from Columbia released on Tuesday. The statement attributed the ...

DURING the daily routine of life in a laboratory many observations are made of an isolated character, perhaps having no direct bearing on the subject in hand, but which, nevertheless, may be eminently ...