What’s a budding scientist to do when he/she can’t gain practice doing science in an actual lab? Why, take advantage of virtual labs, of course! The Virtual Labs: Using a Microscope app is one of a ...

Under the microscope lies a specimen of a liver. Deep in concentration, a student is analyzing the structure of the tissue when the university official asks her to finish up – the lab is about to ...

Confronted with the explosive popularity of online learning, researchers are seeking new ways to teach the practical skills of science. The academic world is in upheaval over MOOCs: massive open ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stanford researchers have built a virtual AI lab that works like a team of expert scientists. It could reshape how science gets ...

The digital imaging of microscope slides is benefiting from machine-vision know-how in the form of high-performance linescan cameras and custom software. James Tyrrell speaks with Hamamatsu’s Paul ...

In a quiet corner of Stanford University, scientists are building a new kind of lab—one that doesn’t need beakers, microscopes, or even humans. Instead, it’s powered by artificial intelligence, ...