Engineers at the University of New York have designed a paper battery powered by bacteria that not only generates electricity, but also self-decomposes at the end of the battery life….
Synthetic Biology
Ahead of his most recent appearance as cinematic superhero Thor, Chris Hemsworth sat down with the fitness and nutrition magazine, Men’s Health, to discuss his real-life efforts to reduce his…
Every year, hundreds of thousands of horseshoe crabs are captured and bled for the biomedical industry. This is due to the presence of limulus amebocyte lysate, or LAL, in their…
Meat giant Tyson recently invested in Jerusalem-based start-up Future Meat Technologies, an animal-free meat production company. The start-up believes in making slaughter-free beef and chicken accessible to everyone, by reducing…
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…
Scientists have accidentally created an enzyme that is able to breakdown plastic, specifically polyethylene terephthalate (PET) – which takes hundreds of years to degrade in natural environments. The research was…
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…
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…
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…
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…
American food company JUST, formerly known as Hampton Creek, has created a ‘clean’ foie gras by growing liver cells in a laboratory without harming any animals. Scientists use small biopsies of…
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