Preventing plant disease pandemics
Credit: Virginia Tech During the COVID-19 pandemic, food systems faced disruptions from staff shortages and supply chain issues. Now, a ...
Tag: Biotechnology
Scientists develop the ‘evotype’ to unlock power of evolution for better engineering biology
Credit: Simeon Castle A defining characteristic of all life is its ability to evolve. However, the fact that biologically engineered ...
Machine learning reduces microscope data processing time from months to just seconds
Credit: IBEC Ever since the world's first ever microscope was invented in 1590 by Hans and Zacharias Janssen --a Dutch ...
Online ‘library of properties’ helps to create safer nanomaterials
Credit: NanoSolveIT Researchers have developed a 'library of properties' to help identify the environmental impact of nanomaterials faster and more ...
Tracking RNA through space and time
Credit: AG Junker, MDC The "miracle of life" is most obvious at the very beginning: When the fertilized egg cell ...
A genomic single-cell map explains neuronal death in epilepsy
An interdiscipinary collaboration lead by CSIC deciphers the genetic map of hippocampal sclerosis, a key finding for the diagnosis of ...
DFG extends funding for CRCs at University and University Medical Center G
German Research Foundation reconfirms support for Göttingen CRCsCredit: University of Göttingen The German Research Foundation (DFG) has extended its funding ...
Clever biomolecular labelling enables identification of immune cells
Research team led by the University of Göttingen develops new strategy for labelling peptidesCredit: Nikolaos Kaplaneris, University of Göttingen Biomolecules ...
ORNL names new Innovation Crossroads cohort of entrepreneurs
Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory/U.S. Dept. of Energy Six science and technology innovators from across the United States will join ...
Autobahn Labs, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory partner to advance novel science to clinic
Expansion to East Coast validates Autobahn Labs' novel incubator modelCredit: Autobahn Labs PALO ALTO, CA (June 7, 2021) - Autobahn ...
SMART researchers develop method for rapid, accurate detection of viruses
Four times faster than conventional PCR methods, new approach called RADICA is highly specific, sensitive, and resistant to inhibitorsCredit: Singapore-MIT ...
Controlling insulin production with a smartwatch
Credit: ETH Zurich Many modern fitness trackers and smartwatches feature integrated LEDs. The green light emitted, whether continuous or pulsed, ...
Cells/colony motion index of oral keratinocytes predicts epithelial regenerative capacity
The cells/colony motion index determined by non-invasive, quantitative measurements via optical flow algorithm is correlated with epithelial regenerative capacity of ...
Don’t like your greens? Blame it on Brassica domestication
New study shows genetic diversity of ancestor, wild Brassica rapa, came from domestication more than 3,000 years agoCredit: Illustration by ...
What makes good fibroblasts go bad?
NSF grant funds study of fibrosis progression using hydrogels engineered to mimic living tissueCredit: UVA Engineering Fibrosis, the stiffening of ...
Researchers reveal the inner workings of a viral DNA-packaging motor
Trilogy of papers provide insight into a critical step in how some viruses reproduceCredit: Joshua Pajak, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. ...
What guides habitual seeking behavior explained?
A new role of the ventral striatum explains habitual seeking behaviorCredit: KAIST Researchers have been investigating how the brain controls ...
Yale-NUS College scientist discovers how leafbirds make complex color-producing crystals
These mind-bendingly complex crystals called the single gyroid, found in blue-winged leafbirds, have the potential to make fiber optics, solar ...
Lighting Hydrogels Via Nanomaterials
Texas A&M associate professor Akhilesh Gaharwar and graduate student Patrick Lee are developing a new class of hydrogels that can ...
MDI Biological Laboratory scientist identifies signaling underlying regeneration
Discovery in Salamanders by James W. Godwin, Ph.D., brings science closer to the development of regenerative medicine therapiesCredit: MDI Biological ...
