Biotech News

Scientists have discovered a method of helping human stem cells thrive in an animal embryo—a key development in efforts to... Read more

The CANMILK project is developing a plasma-based system suitable for direct operation in barns to reduce methane emissions from livestock.... Read more

At a time when millions of Americans have turkey on their minds, a team of researchers led by an animal... Read more

Chemical engineering researchers at the University of Waterloo have joined forces to take on a pressing environmental problem by using... Read more

Ever wonder why some palm varieties flourish while others suddenly bend at the trunk or topple over completely?... Read more

An innovative alternative to concrete could enable important coastal restoration work to take place. The material Xiriton, made with local... Read more

The same technology used in COVID-19 vaccines could help prevent muscle damage from snakebites, according to a study published in... Read more

In a perfect world, people would have easy access to fresh fruits and vegetables at affordable prices. They would not... Read more

Cornell researchers have found that a new DNA sequencing technology can be used to study how transposons move within and... Read more

Whether you're a home gardener or an industrial farmer, you might be familiar with mulching films—plastic sheets laid over the... Read more

Although existing CRISPR-Cas-based imaging methods can target endogenous genomic sequences, their applications are limited by system complexity and sensitivity, particularly... Read more

Higher yields, greater resilience to climatic changes or diseases—the demands on crop plants are constantly growing. To address these challenges,... Read more

Only two weeks after fertilization, the first sign of the formation of the three axes of the human body (head/tail,... Read more

Researchers at Wageningen University & Research (WUR), working in close collaboration with KeyGene, have developed a method that enables plant... Read more

A team led by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory has engineered poplar trees to... Read more