madhumithaa on Twitter Great #signalofchange where biohackers are fighting hard to make diabetes management more affordable, through yeast produced insulin – crucial to the lived experience of rising chronic illnesses….

Artificial Pathway Turns Carbon Dioxide into Useful Products Researchers have developed a synthetic pathway to convert carbon dioxide in the air into organic compounds like glucose. The pathway, reported in…

Darpa has become the world’s largest funder of gene drive research, amid military worries that the steep fall in cost of gene-editing increases the risk of rogue experimentation with bioweapons….

A researcher from the University of Southern California has demonstrated how a brain implant can be used to improve memory which could have a major effect on the treatment of…

Sandjar K on Twitter Beetle with tiny computer backpack is world’s smallest cyborg insect, say NTU researchers https://t.co/hK0n3mjb4X #signalofchange

Giorgio Bonacchini and his team at the instituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) in Genoa, Italy have printed organic electronic components onto edible objects such as pharmaceutical pills and fruit, and…

Scientists have successfully grown sheep embryos housing human cells. This breakthrough could lead to growing human organs inside animal organs, not only increasing supply, but also allowing organs to be genetically…

Scientists from MIT are working in collaboration with a private company, Commonwealth Fusion Systems, to put fusion power on the grid within 15 years. The project takes a new approach, using…

A new study suggests that CRISPR might not work in humans. The Cas9 snipper proteins come from bacterial species to which humans have extensive immunity. The study found immunity levels…

LiLin Loh on Twitter Nano satellites help multiple industries conduct better weather-related risk analysis @futurescentre https://t.co/IEwlyFGSr0

veganbottle on Twitter Un français invente la 1ère bouteille 100% végétale #innovation #france #ecolo #ecologique #environnement #environment #compostable #vegetale #nature #bio https://t.co/3noVMQHtgJ

Hampton Creek is a company which uses a one-of-a-kind process to find useful plant proteins that can become ingredients. The process, which has now been patented, automates the system for researching plant proteins…

Bo Roe on Twitter Rutgers Engineers 3D Print Shape-Shifting Smart Gel https://t.co/b77YGAX2f4 via @RutgersU @EurekAlert #signalsofchange

Chinese scientists have created 12 pigs that have an average of 24% less body fat than the norm for pigs. They did this by using the gene-editing technique called CRISPR-Cas9, which…

Stem cell technology has advanced rapidly over the past decade, with the latest development being the ability to grow organoids – or “mini brains” – in bodies of rats or…

A recent publication in Nature Materials demonstrates that complicated shapes can be achieved using a printed material which displays biomimetic properties when immersed in water. 4D printing simplifies the printing process,…

Growing fabrics in a laboratory may be the future of fashion, as companies such as Bolt Threads and Modern Meadow make greener materials. Bolt Threads grow spider silk by isolating…

WATCH: Japan has just invented Robo-bees that can legitimately pollinate the earth In an example of life imitating art, scientists have come up with a technology straight out of an…

Biolife4D, a startup in Chicago, will begin developing the process of 3D-printing human hearts that could be used in transplants. The process begins by scanning a patient’s heart shape and…

Researchers from Kyoto University and Osaka University are reported to have successfully synthesised a helical nanographene for the first time. Graphene is a single layer of carbon atoms in a…

Doesn’t sound very appetising – and i don’t really want to think about the scenarios in which this would be a mainstream idea – but perhaps this is still better…