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This website provides an animated video, from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory DNA Learning Center and Austin Community College, that briefly discusses the process of polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for COVID-19 testing. PCR "...  amplifies the virus genetic "fingerprint" to detect as few as several...

This lab activity from the Biotechnology Alliance for Suncoast Biology Educators (BASBE) demonstrates the principles of spectrophotometry. It also allows students to develop a testable hypothesis about the chlorophyll concentration in different olive oil solutions. The lesson includes background...

This video from CUNY Kingsborough Community College describes how to use the oil-immersion lens on a compound microscope. The brief clip, available for viewing on YouTube, would be most useful for students with a basic understanding of the parts of a compound microscope and how to use it. Running...

This video, provided by Digital World Biology, is from a series of tutorial videos for iCn3D, a web-based three-dimensional visualization and structural analysis platform for molecular structures. During the video, presenter Sandra Porter provides step-by-step instructions for isolating and viewing...

This video, provided by Digital World Biology, is from a series of tutorial videos for iCn3D, a web-based three-dimensional visualization and structural analysis platform for molecular structures. During this video, presenter Sandra Porter guides viewers through step-by-step instructions on how to...

This article from Phys.org discusses research at Ohio State University that is related to "why cells sometimes react to medicines in unexpected ways." Researchers were "trying to solve a longstanding mystery in chemistry and biology" and were "getting answers from a seemingly unusual source:...