reproducibility

Traditionally, discussions about experimental reproducibility have focused on statistics, sample sizes and publication bias. However, procedural quality and training also play an important role in reducing variability.  JoVE, a video platform for scientific content, is aiming to improve the reproducibility of research by providing detailed visual demonstrations of experimental procedures. This is important in research…

Little by little, fully autonomous cars are popping up across the world, offering consumers a truly driverless way to get from point A to B. Now, a similar transformation is emerging in laboratories worldwide. Self-driving, or autonomous, labs (SDLs) are lab facilities powered by AI, advanced computing and robotics, enabling the design and conduct of…

Parallel Bio’s head of technology shares a vision for faster, cheaper, and better biological research with human organoids. Ari Gesher, Parallel Bio’s new head of technology, may be new to biotech, but that’s not stopping him from thinking big about disrupting the status quo in biological research. The biotech startup is betting on automation and…

Let’s say you are repeating a scientific experiment but each time you’re getting a completely different outcome. This is the frustrating reality of the “replication crisis,” a widespread problem affecting nearly every scientific discipline. “We’ve all seen in our own practices how there are many ‘researcher degrees of freedom’ that could lead to studies not…

In the high-stakes product development race, R&D teams are facing relentless pressure. Every day, every experiment, is a tightrope walk between painstaking research and the need for speed to outpace the competition. But what if the very data that underpins your R&D efforts is actually putting you in the slow lane? R&D is an expedition…