The winter weather window that is costing rapeseed growers millions
Credit: Phil Robinson UK rapeseed growers are losing up to a quarter of their crop yield each year because of ...
Tag: Biotechnology
Industry-ready process makes plastics chemical from plant sugars
MADISON, Wis. -- Developing renewable, plant-based alternatives for petroleum-derived chemicals is a major piece of the effort to transition away ...
New approach could accelerate efforts to catalogue vast numbers of cells
Data-sampling method makes 'sketches' of unwieldy biological datasets while still capturing the full diversity of cell types Artistic sketches can ...
Connecting neurons in the brain
The brain consists of a large collection of interconnected neurons. How complex patterns of neuronal cells grow into functioning circuits ...
Building better life support systems for future space travel
A new investigation aboard the International Space Station tests using the microalgae Chlorella vulgaris as a biological component of a ...
Wearable sensors could leverage biotechnology to monitor personal, environmental data
Credit: U.S. Army Photo by Jhi Scott In an effort to enhance Soldier lethality, Army researchers are developing biorecognition receptors ...
Columbia researchers examine how our brain generates consciousness — and loses it
How does our brain generate consciousness? New study by Data Science Institute probes that eternal question Medically-induced loss of consciousness ...
A new vision for neuroscience
How live recordings of neural electricity could revolutionize how we see the brain Red and blue lights flash. A machine ...
Story tips from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, May 2019
Credit: Joe Insely, Silvio Rizzi and HACC Team/Argonne National Laboratory Computing--Virtual universes Using Summit, the world's most powerful supercomputer housed ...
Researchers grow cells in ‘paper organs’
Long before scientists test new medicines in animals or people, they study the effects of the substances on cells growing ...
Brain mapping: New technique reveals how information is processed
Optical fibers, ultra-high-field MRIs enable scientists to view brain connections Scientists have discovered a new method for quickly and efficiently ...
Army research may be used to treat cancer, heal combat wounds
Credit: Courtesy Advanced Computing Center, The University of Texas at Austin RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (May 1, 2019) - Army ...
Do additives help the soil?
UBCO scientist suggests nature knows what's bestCredit: UBC Okanagan A UBC researcher is using her latest study to question whether ...
Harnessing sunlight to pull hydrogen from wastewater
Credit: Lu Lu, Waltteri Vakki, Jeffery A. Aguiar, Chuanxiao Xiao, Katherine Hurst, Michael Fairchild, Xi Chen, Fan Yang, Jing Gu ...
Can we cure cancer by finding out how two proteins interact?
ISTANBUL, TURKEY - In a paper published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Dr. Özdemir has studied two protein families ...
First human germline gene editing was deeply flawed science, Chinese experts argue
Widely reported case experiment is unlikely to provide intended protection, with unknown risks The first reported instance of germline gene ...
Designer drugs to inhibit hepatitis A virus
Credit: Xiangxi Wang Structure-based drug design revealed that a compound previously investigated for the treatment of head-and-neck cancer could function ...
What can be done to prevent another CRISPR crisis?
The public announcement last fall from China regarding gene editing on human embryos, conducted without the benefit of scientific review ...
Do ‘microglia’ hold the key to stop Alzheimer’s disease?
A Leuven research team led by Prof. Bart De Strooper (VIB-KU Leuven, UK DRI) studied how specialized brain cells called ...
Adam Antebi to present at the 6th Aging Research for Drug Discovery Forum in Basel
Credit: Insilico Tuesday, April 30, 2019 - Today Insilico Medicine, a biotechnology company developing the end-to-end drug discovery pipeline utilizing ...