even synthetic biology, at home. But the kicker is that it's an expensive hobby. Outfitting a commercial or academic lab is incredibly expensive, with costs split between hardware and reagents ...

A team of researchers has developed a portable and automatic laboratory that can monitor soil chemistry in real time—and ...

Groups like DIYbio promote doing serious biology in home or community laboratory spaces. You can use PCR-based techniques to DNA fingerprint yourself or screen for common disease markers.

was balancing their Stanford classes from home in Alabama while also helping bioengineering professor Stanly Qi create a CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing kit from a makeshift lab in their parents’ garage.