Researchers at Tohoku University have developed a new type of smart contact lenses that can…
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.
Tiny ‘xenobots’ assembled from cells promise advances from drug delivery to toxic waste clean-up. A…
Protein could be key to saving crops endangered by extreme weather or climate change. New…
Researchers have copied the way organisms produce toxic chemicals without harming themselves, paving the way…
Genetic editing is moving tomato crops from the field to the city skyline, or even…
Emerging fluctuation-based functionalities are expected to open a way to novel memory device technology. An…
The first demonstration of a fully print-in-place electronics technique is gentle enough to work on…
Combining silicon with a highly elastic polymer backing produces solar cells that have record-breaking stretchability…
The aquatic larvae of the net-winged midge have the unique ability to move around at…
A wearable monitoring device to make treatments easier and more affordable for the millions of…
Combining a skin-level glass window with a gut-stabilizing magnet, researchers get a view into the…
The motivations for using biology as inspiration to engineering vary based on the project, but…
Living beings contain their own assembly and operating instructions in the form of DNA. That’s…
Protocells — artificial cells — that are active and mimic living cells by moving independently…
New method unmasks all DNA changes caused by CRISPR in two days vs. two months;…
Modern technology and old-fashioned legwork solve science mystery: Video shows single-cell organism making complex decisions.…
Researchers with the University of Cincinnati used coaxial electrospinning to create a treatment for glioblastoma…
Researchers develop a method to isolate and sequence the RNA of T cells that react…