Science of the Future
The first human trial of nutrient-rich gene-edited tomatoes is underway in England
The Quadram Institute in Norwich is recruiting 76 people with low vitamin D to take part in the ViTaL-D Study, ...
India and other warm-weather countries are growing climate resilient crops to blunt climate change
A sweltering heat wave decimated Pritam Singh’s wheat crop in 2022. That year, temperatures reached a record-breaking 127 degrees Fahrenheit ...
Can gene editing be a game-changer in improving crop resilience and sustainability?
A Mexico-based research centre believes it may have hit the bull’s eye when it comes to using technology to enhance ...
‘Quite advanced’: Scientists are close to perfecting biotech African potato variety that is free of killer late blight disease
[Researchers] at the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization have used genetic modification to create potatoes that are resistant to late ...
Can devout Muslims or Jews receive organ transplants from genetically-altered pigs?
Now biotech companies are raising genetically altered pigs to transplant their organs into patients whose own kidneys have failed. Experts in the ...
Are human’s 5 senses the optimal number to interpret the world or might evolution provide better tools over time?
Animal senses—including sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell—are a masterwork of evolution, enabling an untold number of species to navigate the ...
New AI tool can predict each person’s risk for more than 1,000 diseases
Scientists have developed a new artificial intelligence tool that can predict your personal risk of more than 1,000 diseases, and ...
CRISPR pitless cherries are on the horizon
Seedless fruit is easy to take for granted, until you find yourself eating grapes with crunchy bits and watermelons that ...
Biotechnology is pushing the limits of beauty products
From fungi-derived ingredients to lab-grown collagen stimulators, biotechnology is rewriting the rules of what beauty products can achieve. At its core, ...
7 ways biotechnology can mitigate climate change challenges
As the world grapples with escalating climate change, the impacts on agriculture have become acute and inescapable. In 2025, rising temperatures, erratic ...
What does decision-making in the brain look like?
Neuroscientists from around the world have worked in parallel to map, for the first time, the entire brain activity of mice ...
Scientists discover hidden brain protein, potentially leading to treating Alzheimer’s before symptoms even appear
Drugs developed to reduce levels of a protein found at high levels in Alzheimer’s patients could lead to treatments aimed ...
The future of labor? Meet the new generation of humanoid robots
Humanoid robots are long-standing icons of the future alongside space travel and flying cars. Some tech leaders and investors believe ...
Bowing to pressure from the cattle industry, Texas bans the sale of lab grown meat
Texas has banned the sale of lab-grown meat for the next two years, despite the product not being sold in ...
Milestone in organ transplants, as FDA approves gene-edited pig kidneys for human clinical trials
Scientists have reached a major milestone in animal-to-human transplant research as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the ...
Weed-killing technology: What to do when herbicide-resistant weeds threaten to swarm crops
The weed control equipment trundling through the field in southern Ontario checked a lot of sci-fi boxes. They were robots, ...
DNA screening start-up claims it can screen embryos for the likelihood of age-related diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s
Prospective parents using IVF will soon be able to rank embryos using genetic and other information in the hopes of extending ...
Jack-o-Lantern leaves: How phosphor-packed plants might one day help reduce utility bills
In a recent study, a research team led by Shuting Liu — a bioengineer at South China Agricultural University — ...
Greece welcomed the humanoid Olympic games. Don’t worry athletes—it will be many years before they are true competitors
With jerky determination, robots played soccer, wowed children with shadow-boxing skills and shot arrows ... at the birthplace of the ...
From tubers to tree seeds: Solynta’s tech to overcome centuries of potato breeding challenges
Breeding potatoes is notoriously difficult. First, commercial potato cultivars don’t self-pollinate, which has historically prevented breeders from creating stable, genetically ...
Viewpoint: Regardless of benefits, the current renaissance of biotech breakthroughs still requires guardrails to mitigate risks
Biotechnology - synthetic biology, the engineering of living systems - is no longer something locked away in high-tech labs. It’s ...
Bio-based UV filter extracted from onions could replace petroleum in solar cells, improving solar tech sustainability
Solar power is one of the best tools in humanity’s decarbonization toolbox, but even these green energy technologies aren’t 100 percent sustainable. For ...
Breakthrough diabetes therapy uses CRISPR to help body make insulin again
People with type 1 diabetes must constantly rely on insulin injections or pumps, usually for the rest of their life after diagnosis ...
CRISPR brain ‘gene editing’ could open the door to cure neurological diseases
[A] recent "spate of technological advances" could see something like brain editing become a reality. Recent breakthroughs in CRISPR-derived gene-editing ...
Viewpoint: Private companies may soon be able to de-extinct our human ancestors. It’s time to debate ethics and regulations
The recent trend for resurrecting extinct animals has made headlines globally and sparked controversy over the validity of the claims ...
From plastic coasters to human hearts: Inside the race to print the human body
Fifteen years ago, 3‑D printing was heralded as the technology that would revolutionize manufacturing, democratizing production and allowing anyone with ...
From ‘Frankenfood’ to superfood: Can the purple tomato overcome GMO myths to win over consumers?
Consumers know it’s important to eat a rainbow of fresh fruits and vegetables, however, they often fall short of meeting ...
