Purdue University innovators are taking cues from nature to develop 3D photodetectors for biomedical imaging.…
Browsing: Biotechnology
Biotechnology is the use of biological systems, organisms, or their components to develop innovative technologies and products that improve health, agriculture, industry, and the environment. By combining biology with tools from fields like genetics, engineering, and computer science, biotechnology enables breakthroughs such as gene editing, synthetic biology, biopharmaceuticals, and sustainable biofuels. It plays a critical role in addressing global challenges—from fighting disease and enhancing crop resilience to reducing pollution. Explore this page for the latest advances, applications, and research shaping the rapidly evolving world of biotechnology.
Plants are able to keep growing indefinitely because they have tissues made of meristems —…
Scientists develop a better, redder biosensor for biological research. With a little tweak of the…
Progeny of novel combination is more vigorous and productive than parental plants. Novel grafted plants…
Custom-fabricated lenses make it easy to attach high-tech microscopes directly to cell incubators. An optical…
DNA and RNA have been compared to “instruction manuals” containing the information needed for living…
University of Massachusetts Amherst scientists say discovery could lead to better diagnosis of male infertility.…
One feature of the COVID-19 virus that makes it so difficult to contain is that…
New platform technology uses red blood cells to generate targeted immune responses in mice. Red…
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new method…
Scientists have found an ingredient that makes a vaccine more effective through an approach more…
Two active genetics strategies help address concerns about gene-drive releases into the wild. In the…
The scientists who re-engineered the plastic-eating enzyme PETase have now created an enzyme ‘cocktail’ which…
New study deploys advanced tools to retrace 1,000 years of African pastoralist cattle breeding, identifying…
Berkeley Lab scientists develop a tool that could drastically speed up the ability to design…
Although Earth is uniquely situated in the solar system to support creatures that call it…
Researchers develop a wider spectrum for dLight1 sensor, allowing multiplex imaging of neurotransmitters. In 2018, Lin…
Computer design of synthetic proteins is creating potent, stable antivirals that block infection at least…