NASA's Perseverance rover is getting ready to collects its first rock samples on Mars, which should eventually make their way back to Earth. Eyeing the floor of an ancient lakebed, Perseverance is ...

Scientists have made a major finding more than 5km underwater, on a voyage that has also unveiled a new species of shark. The team from the CSIRO research vessel, Investigator, have also collected a ...

Altru Health System is using the Altru Cancer Center to collect specimen samples for research, which is known as a biorepository study. In these studies, researchers scavenge the specimen for ...

Daniel McDonald and Jack Gilbert (both University of California, San Diego; CA, USA) discuss the challenges faced during fecal sample collection and highlight important factors to consider when ...

The Perseverance rover's first sample-snagging attempt didn't go according to plan. The car-sized Perseverance landed inside the Red Planet's Jezero Crater this past February with two main tasks: to ...

Any activity that creates dust should be investigated to see whether there is a risk of that dust being combustible. We've been blogging and writing a lot recently on the basics of combustible dust.