James Dinneen
We may soon be able to genetically engineer a synthetic alternative to palm oil, helping to preserve biodiversity. Here are the challenges
Tom Jeffries and Tom Kelleher met at Rutgers University in the 1970s while studying industrially useful microbes. Jeffries went on to ...
Reversing deforestation and biodiversity loss: Can synthetic palm oil help protect the world’s tropical forests?
The world’s cheapest and most widely used vegetable oil, palm oil production is a primary driver of deforestation and biodiversity loss in ...
‘Nature’s gift to neuroscience’: Squids have a lot to tell us about the mystery of the human brain
Hundreds of times larger than the largest axon in humans, [squid axon] girth allows electrical impulses to travel rapidly into ...
