Richard Gray
‘Organic electronics’ poised to create edgy new products, from bendable solar panels to transparent books to human-looking robots
Electronics made from carbon rather than silicon could lead to a new generation of medical devices, sensors and perhaps even ...
Meat takes a toll on the planet, but these vegan favorites come at a ‘heavy’ environmental price, too
It has all the makings of a delicious smoothie – a dollop of almond butter, an avocado, a few slices ...
1/3 of the world’s soil is degraded. But technology can bring our farmland ‘back to life’
In Iowa they call it “black gold” – a fertile blanket covering the landlocked Midwestern state. Thousands of years of ...
Some US towns were untouched by 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. The military wants to know why.
[On 4 June 1919, the Spanish flu] had finally found its way to the remote native Inuit communities that dotted ...
Spider silk from plants? GMO tobacco could provide new generation of tough, lightweight clothing
Scientists have revealed they can generate the fine but strong threads used by spiders to make their webs by growing ...
UK joins project to make first synthetic eukaryote
UK researchers join a project to create the first synthetic eukaryote: designer yeast ...
Regular exercise changes fat-storage gene expression
Scientists found that six months of regular exercise, such as cycling or aerobics classes, changed the action of genes involved ...
Mending bones with magnetic stem cells
The following is an excerpt. Scientists have developed an injectable gel containing stem cells that could be used to repair ...
Stem cells converted to human bones
Scientists have grown human bone from stem cells in a laboratory, paving the way for patients to have bro-ken bones ...
