Get Your Own Customized Beer Creation Based on Your DNA
In the United Kingdom, genetics and brewing beer are converging. You can have your cheek swabbed to gather your DNA and a beer created...
Genetic Sequencing Helps Find Key to Pest Resistant Soybeans
In Missouri, researchers found a key genetic discovery that can help develop more pest-resistant soybean crops. Cyst nematodes are the bane of many soy...
Earth’s poles offer up valuable biosurfactants for biodiesel, washing clothes and more
In Germany, cold-loving molecules from the Earth’s poles can act as green detergents, fuel additives, and other applications. Researchers think the biosurfactants help bacteria...
A step closer to human cloning? Two cloned monkeys created in China
In China, two healthy, cloned monkeys were born after having been created with the same method that was famously used with Dolly the sheep...
Cattle Breeders to Pay Cargill Licensing Fees to Conduct Genetic Work
In Australia, breeders and researchers conducting genetic research or testing will have to pay a licensing fee to Cargill USA and Branhaven LLC every...
Better Way to Break Down Biomass for Biofuels? Fungi Holds Promise
In California, chemical engineering researchers have discovered that unusual fungi called Anaeromyces robustus can transform lignocellulose from plants into sugars, which could be quite...
Researchers find a way to control cell movements in contact with biomaterials
In Sweden, a research team at Malmö University’s Research Center for Biofilms and Biointerfaces developed a way to control cell movements in contact with...
GAO finds program that oversees hazardous materials labs don’t meet key elements
In Washington, D.C., the U.S. Government Accountability Office published a report highlighting its findings after looking at the Federal Select Agent Program, which is...
Tea Plant Genome Sequencing Completed to Open Door to Tea Flavors
In China, scientists have sequencing the genome of the tea plant, Camellia sinensis, which is more complex than a coffee plant genome, to better...
A2 Milk hopes genetics help souring milk sales
In New Zealand, A2 Milk Co. is using genetics to fix souring milk sales by only using genetically tested cows that produce the A2...