More Vitamin E could come in maize with new genetic findings
In New York, Cornell University scientists identified genes that control vitamin E content in maize grain, a finding that could lead to improving the...
Good riddance to rats thanks to genetic modifications to save native species
In Ecuador, conservation scientists are turning to genetic modification to control populations of invasive species taking over the Galápagos Islands. They are having a...
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...
Largest ever collection of patient data of inherited epilepsy conditions gives hope
In the United Kingdom, researchers from Swansea University Medical School joined up with five other centers from around the world to compile the biggest...
Urbiofin project launched to turn trash to treasure
In Europe, 16 project partners in eight European countries are working together on recently launched project called Urbiofin to create building blocks, biopolymers and...
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...
Corals prefer eating plastic over sand even though it harms them
In North Carolina, scientists at Duke University found that corals are eating plastic, preferring it over other food like sand. They believe there is...
From CO2 to fish feed, NovoNutrients scales up
In California, startup company NovoNutrients is making fish feed from carbon dioxide in order to keep up with the growing global demand for fish....
New way to repurpose DNA to create new materials discovered
In California, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute showed that they could make several potentially valuable chemical modifications to DNA nucleotides and produce useful...
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...