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 ...

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 ...

Scientists can furnish research and education labs for a small fraction of the cost by printing their own equipment, says Michigan Tech's Joshua Pearce, who explains how in his new book, "Open-Source ...

Elementary and secondary school students who later want to become scientists and engineers often get hands-on inspiration by using off-the-shelf kits to build and program robots. But so far it’s been ...

Joshua Pearce has penned a how-to book on the open-source 3-D printing technology that could revolutionize how science is done all over the world. Joshua Pearce is not one for understatement. "This is ...