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...
23andMe seeking more funding to expand genetics research and products
In California, 23andMe is looking for more money to expand their genetics research and work on new products, but they aren’t ready to go...
Can I Borrow Your Poop? Fecal Transplant Helps Microbiologist Win Races and Start Athlete...
In Connecticut, microbiologist Lauren Peterson used fecal matter from an elite athlete to transplant into her own intestines and found amazing results with improved...
Palladium + Gallium = Cool Catalyst for High Temperatures
In Germany, researchers added palladium to gallium and what happened was beautiful chemistry. The liquid catalyst is different from other catalysts because the reactants...
Army Scientists Discover Way to Produce Hydrogen Fuel with Aluminum Nanomaterial
In Maryland, U.S. Army Research Laboratory scientists noticed a bubbling reaction when they added water to a nano-galvanic aluminum-based powder during regular lab experimentation,...
Saving the future of chocolate with genetics
In California, University of Berkeley researchers are working with candy company, Mars, to ensure chocolate doesn’t go extinct in the next 40 years. Scientists...
Professor Uses Big Data to Understand How Body Reacts to Virus Attack
In Norway, a professor from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology’s Centre of Molecular Inflammation Research is using big data to collect and...
Meat Eating Plants in Different World Regions Share Same Genetic Evolution
In New York, researchers conducted a genetic analysis on three types of remotely related pitcher plants from Australia, Asia and America and found that...
New Gene Editing Approach Speeds Up Precision Medicine
In Virginia, researchers have found a way to analyze gene mutations for cancer patients more quickly than ever before so that medicines and treatments...
Genetic Analysis Indicates Why Breast Cancer Stem Cells Survive Chemotherapy
In Maryland, scientists have long known that breast cancer stem cells can survive chemotherapy, which is not good as those cells are usually in...