Genetic Literacy Project
DNA-based electrical circuits might serve as basis for computers, detect genetic disorders
A new technology may soon be born at the intersection of genetics and computer science. An international team of scientists ...
Chimps’ feeding behavior reveals evolutionary history of intellectual development
Food reveals a lot about species' evolutionary past. Organisms are constantly adapting in response to what kind and how much ...
Scientists rebuff Center for Food Safety report alleging chemicals in infant soy milk
Just days before the mandatory labeling votes in Oregon and Colorado, the anti-GMO activist group Center for Food Safety injected ...
Cropland expansion in China has led to dramatic rise in carbon emissions
Over the last 300 years, the population of China has expanded and so has cropland to feed her people. To ...
When you take your drugs might matter as much as what you’re taking
Circadian clock genes help align our bodies with our planet's 24 hour light-dark cycle. Misalignment of circadian rhythms has been ...
Computing with DNA
DNA is exceptionally information dense. In nature it is used to encode the instructions for making living organisms, but people ...
Citizen scientists embrace urban agriculture
City life may not seem conducive to agriculture but all across America, citizen scientists are learning about the latest methods ...
Genetic technologies offer long and short term views of Ebola dangers
High yield genetic sequencers, cell phones and paper-based diagnostics are all being employed to develop a cohesive picture of the ...
Receptor for DEET that repels mosquitoes discovered
More than 200 million people worldwide use DEET, developed by scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture and patented by ...
In biotech, no one is afraid of the big, bad wolf (spider)
Spiders are friends and understanding the natural world can help us achieve advances in areas like biotechnology, human health and ...
Molokai, another Hawaii GMO battleground, rallies around farmers
It's often said that Hawaii is Ground Zero for the anti-GMO movement. However, as GLP contributing writer Joni Kamiya has written, ...
Organic activists reject science, propose ‘natural’ Ebola cure, claim government conspiracy
As often happens in times of medical crises, fringe groups come out from hiding--in this instance, organic activists in the ...
Does no-till agriculture boost global crop yields?
No-till farming is considered a key conservation agriculture strategy because it avoids conventional plowing and farming practices. It has been ...
Clothing may soon be made from plants rather than petrol based sources
Companies from Invista to Genomatica from BASF to Cargill and Novozymes are making biopased polymers designed to replace the synthetic materials used to make clothing, shoes, diapers and a ...
Hydrocooling helps sweet cherries survive the long haul
People like their sweet cherries sweet but getting them from place to place in the modern world isn't without challenges ...
Can evolution can be explained by genes alone?
Charles Darwin conceived of evolution by natural selection without knowing that genes exist. Now mainstream evolutionary theory has come to ...
Pest odor science is a citrus disease cure environmentalists can embrace
The Asian citrus psyllid carrying the huanglongbing bacterium is a devastating combination vector that causes a lethal citrus disease which is a threat ...
Anti-GMO forces leveraging September Montana GE wheat find
Last July, the Agriculture Department’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service found unapproved GMO wheat at Montana State University. The government ...
College student alert: Beer improves cognitive function
Flavonoids are versatile plant metabolites found in many plants - including hops, and therefore beer. A new study in Behavioral Brain Research found ...
Nutrigenomics could lead personalized medicine revolution
"Nutrigenomics has the potential to be the next big thing in our fight against lifestyle-linked diseases, says Professor Lynn Frewer, Professor ...
‘Hobbit species’ continues to provoke questions about course of human evolution
In 2003, researchers excavating a limestone cave on the remote Indonesian island of Flores made an extraordinary discovery: the 18,000-year-old ...
How scientists investigate the brain’s internal navigation system
“Can you point to Center City?” neuroscientist Russell Epstein likes to ask visitors to his office at the University of ...
Bioethics consulting services provide valuable oversight for researchers
When scientists run into ethical dilemmas in their research, they typically turn to institutional review boards (IRBs) for advice. Increasingly, ...
Risk and science: Should some virus research be forbidden?
It's not getting much media attention, but the White House has declared a moratorium on some kinds of virus research ...
Not all science created equal: The genetically engineered crops story
In 1987 the US National Academy of Sciences stated there were no new risks from plants created using recombinant DNA ...
Can we ever have a civil debate about GMOs?
Every few years, it seems, there is a hot button issue that divides people in a way that goes far ...
