Browsing Tag
synthetic biology
8 posts
How we are engineering bacteria to eat cancer
Brian Ingalls, University of Waterloo and Marc Aucoin, University of Waterloo Modern medicine has made significant advances in…
Engineered microbes could tackle climate change – if we ensure it’s done safely
Yuji Sakai/Getty Daniele Fulvi, Western Sydney University As the climate crisis accelerates, there’s a desperate need to rapidly…
We drilled deep under the sea to learn more about mega-earthquakes and tsunamis
The Japanese drilling vessel Chikyu. (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology) Morgane Brunet, Université du Québec à…
The Viewpoint: Can we really resurrect extinct animals, or are we just creating hi-tech lookalikes?
The ambitious effort to resurrect extinct species, such as the woolly mammoth, raises a key question: Are we truly reversing extinction, or just creating high-tech lookalikes?
Can we really resurrect extinct animals, or are we just creating hi-tech lookalikes?
Artist’s rendering: Woolly mammoths once roamed large swathes of Siberia. Denis-S / Shutterstock Timothy Hearn, Anglia Ruskin University…
Modifying DNA Made Accessible
DNA printing has become more accessible and affordable, enabling researchers and students to modify organisms with custom-designed sequences.…
Microbes can colonize space, produce drugs and create energy − researchers are simulating their inner workings to harness how
Genome-scale metabolic models capture the complex chemical reactions that allow cells to function. Yuri Arcurs/iStock via Getty Images…
‘Mirror life forms’ may sound like science fiction, but scientists warn they could be deadly to humans and destroy the environment
NIAID Mark Lorch, University of Hull When you look in a mirror, the reflection is fundamentally you, but…