Sound Meets Science in Tracking Pesky Coconut Beetle
In Hawaii, researchers at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu are using sound to track the movements and migration of the Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle....
Benson Hill Biosystems Receives Grant from National Corn Growers Association
In Missouri, agricultural technology company Benson Hill Biosystems received a grant and partnership agreement from the National Corn Growers Association. The grant amount was...
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...
Genetically Modified Silkworms Attack Virus and Survive
In China, researchers are using silkworms to kill viruses, taking CRISPR/CAS, an immune system that attacks foreign genes in the host to protect itself,...
Not sure what that plant is? Portable genome sequencer tells you quickly from the...
In the United Kingdom, researchers conducted genome sequencing for the first time ever in actual fields. Researchers used the MinION from Oxford Nanopore Technologies...
Genetic Breakthrough with Cows to Help Them Fight Tuberculosis
In China, veterinary medicine researchers used CRISPR/Cas9n genetic editing technology to add tuberculosis resistant gene, NRAMP1, into live cow genomes to help cows become...
We aren’t even half human – microbes make up more than 50%
In the United Kingdom, scientists say more than half of our body is not human, with human cells making up a mere 43% of...
Cannabalism found deep under seabed with microbes
In Germany, researchers at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich completed a study that shows that in order to survive, microorganisms found deep under...
Surfers three times more likely to have antibiotic resistant bacteria in guts
In the United Kingdom, surfers and bodyboarders are three times more likely to have antibiotic resistant E. coli in their guts than non-surfers, new...
Earth’s deep ocean microbes could grow on Saturn’s moon
In Austria, scientists at the Universität Wien found that some microbes from the Japanese deep sea could be able to reproduce under the possible...