When the COVID-19 pandemic struck last year, the demand for fast and accurate testing of patients’ nasal-swab samples skyrocketed, with some labs going from needing 10,000 swabs checked daily to more ...

40 years ago, on July 25, 1978, Louise Brown became the world's first "test-tube baby." Newsweek featured the remarkable infant on its cover the following week and published a long piece about the ...

Each Monday, this column has turned a page in history to explore the discoveries, events and people that continue to affect the history being made today. This is the last article in the series. Just ...

1. On July 25, 1978, Louise Brown, the world’s first test-tube (in vitro fertilisation) baby, was born at Oldham General Hospital... 2....Five years later, on July ...

You may have heard the iconic origin story of the popsicle—Frank Epperson forgot a cup of soda and a stirring stick on his porch one night in 1905, then found the world’s first popsicle in the morning ...

Hate to burst your bubble, glass lab gear. But plastic bubble wrap also works pretty well at running science experiments. Scientists at Harvard University have figured out a way to use these petite ...

Rik is Pocket-lint's senior news editor and has been a tech and games journalist since the 80s. He has seen and covered just about every console, mobile phone, gadget and home cinema device launched ...

The world’s smallest test tube has been created by UK scientists. And the tiny structures could be used to produce materials with unique properties. A team with members from the University of Oxford ...