Students use synthetic biology to tackle cow burps
In Nebraska, students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have proposed two methods for dealing methane emissions related to livestock, a major contributor to global...
Late-Life Cycler Genes Can Hold Key to Your Sleep and Health
In Oregon, researchers found specific genes responsible for our altered circadian rhythm that only becomes active during times of stress and aging. So when...
Genetic Markers Being Used to Help Save Ash Trees From Deadly Disease
In the United Kingdom, Queen Mary University of London, University of York, Earlham Institute, John Innes Centre, NIAB and the University of Copenhagen collaborated...
First genetically modified animal in the world now on sale in Canada
In Canada, genetically modified salmon made to grow larger but not eat as much food as other salmon are now on sale. Even though...
Look Into My Crystal Ball – Benson Hill and GDM Collaborate on Soybean Genomic...
In Missouri, agricultural tech company Benson Hill Biosystems and soybean research and development company GDM Seeds are collaborating to accelerate a soybean genomic breeding...
520 day isolation shows microbes could endanger Mars space crew on long journey
In Russia, six Marsonauts crew members lived in a mock space capsule for the 520 days it would take to travel to Mars and...
Tetris, Pong and other games powered by jellyfish protein
In the United Kingdom, Helene Steiner created a bio-pixel display to play games that use a protein that make jellyfish glow. Steiner’s company, Cell-Free...
DNA evidence is putting rhino poachers behind bars
In South Africa, researchers from the University of Pretoria and Russia-based St. Petersburg State University are using DNA evidence to successfully link rhinoceros horns...
Science Helping to Solve That Love Handle Problem – Researchers Find Enzyme to Help...
In Maryland, researchers at the National Institutes of Health found an enzyme that gets more and more overactive as we age, thus contributing to...
ASM contest turns science into art
In New Orleans, the American Society for Microbiology’s Agar Art contest is giving scientists the opportunity to also become artists.
Using agar plates—petri dishes that...