Boost Biomes Launches With $2.05M to Develop Microbiome-Based Products
In California, Boost Biomes closed a $2.05M seed round, led by Nimble Ventures and Viking Global Investors and including other participants such as Tencent,...
Microbes helping bring back nearly extinct Hawaiian plant
In Hawaii, a critically endangered Hawaiian plant has a chance for survival in the wild thanks to microbe research conducted at The Amend Laboratory...
PETA will be happy to hear – No more animal testing thanks to organ...
In Massachusetts, scientists are putting working tiny models of organs, like livers and lungs, on tiny chips for human biology research. Looking more like...
New Artist in Town – Genetically Modified E.Coli Bacteria Recreate Artwork In Color
In Massachusetts, MIT synthetic biologists integrated 18 genes into E.coli to make the bacteria “see” red, green, and blue colors and react to the...
The Rise of Organic Manufacturing: Ginkgo, Amyris, Genomatica’s circle of innovation is a trend...
The factories of old — a technological wave that swept in with the Industrial Revolution — these were inorganic manufacturing centers, and they are...
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...
Live in a megacity? Your microbiome is more fragile
In South Korea, researchers at Chung-Ang University collected microbial skin samples from over 230 healthy people living in megacities and smaller cities in China...
Nutrients in soil directly related to microbial activity
In California, microbial metabolism, nutrient availability, and soil carbon cycling rates were found to be intricately linked together in a study of wetlands and...
Big Data Helps Farmers’ Profits According to USDA
In Washington, DC, the United States Department of Agriculture released data showing that larger farmers (over 2,900 acres) are using more technology and precision-agriculture...
Novocraft Launches New Genome Data Management and Analytics Platform
In Malaysia, Novocraft Technologies is rolling out its first Genome Data Management and Analytics Platform, NovoWorx. Novocraft focuses on next-gen DNA technologies for various...