Articles
09/21/18
Mouth-watering flavor is harder to engineer than we hoped
Cultured meat is making rapid advances, but there's still a long way to go
Molecular Pharmacology
University of Pittsburgh
09/20/18
After Hurricane Florence, North Carolina's water quality will go down the toilet
Floodwaters contaminated with coal ash, human sewage, and animal waste throw the entire watershed out of balance
Marine Science
University of Rhode Island
09/19/18
Here's how we're growing meat in labs instead of in animals
A tissue engineer writes the cultured meat explainer you've been looking for
Tissue Engineering
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory
09/17/18
The world's appetite for meat is growing. How will we satisfy it?
In the near future, "meat" could mean a lot more than it does now
Genomics
University of Alberta
09/14/18
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New research in sea slugs sparks controversy about the way that memories are stored
Can slugs teach us about human memory?
Neuroscience
University of Washington
09/12/18
Why scientists are transplanting artificially grown “brains” into living brains
Scientists are making major strides in growing fully functional "mini brains" -- but what are the ethics of such science?
Neuroscience
LA Biomed
09/10/18
Ancient Romans never reached Greenland, but the emissions from their silver mining did
Ice cores, used to study ancient climates, also contain the history of the Roman Empire
Oceanography
University of Washington
09/06/18
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Your bubble tea could hold the key to helping millions of farmers
Cassava, an African staple food crop, could be poised to become a major source of industrial starch thanks to CRISPR
Genomics
University of Alberta
09/05/18
How machine learning reveals the true costs of high-seas fishing
Before now this unsustainable and unprofitable practice has been too big to measure
Marine Biology
University of Rhode Island
09/03/18
How to be a better tourist? Look to the Galápagos
Tourism accounts for 8 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. We can do more to limit our footprint, carbon and cultural
Ecology
Wake Forest University
08/31/18
Haven't heard of RNA therapy yet? You will
After a decade of painstaking progress, the underdog is on the brink of treating a broad range of diseases
Biological Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
08/29/18
08/27/18
How a failed psoriasis study pushed a whole field forward
Sometimes research misses are crucial data points
Pathology
University of Pittsburgh
08/23/18
It looks like microbes can help clean up mining pollution
Experiments at an abandoned 4,000-year-old mine have researchers optimistic
Environmental Microbiology
Bigelow Laboratory of Ocean Science
08/22/18
How does estrogen affect auto-immune conditions?
A new study might finally explain why women are more likely to develop the disorders
Immunology
National Institutes of Health