New research details how scientists are moving closer to embedding vascular networks into thick human…
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.
In search of the ideal bacteria for use in a microbial fuel cell, researchers from…
To prevent genetically modified bacteria from escaping into the wider environment, MIT researchers have developed…
New biosensors enable complex genetic reprogramming of common bacteria like E. coli. The process could…
A new study from MIT shows how nanoparticles can clean up environmental pollutants, revealing that…
New research from MIT unveils a series of sensors, memory switches, and circuits that can…
In a newly published study, researchers from Columbia University detail the development of two novel…
Researchers have developed a new 3D vaccine that spontaneously assembles to provide a more effective…
New research details the construction of a series of genomically recoded organisms (GROs) whose growth…
By physically enlarging the specimen itself, researchers from MIT have invented a new way to…
MIT engineers have developed a new device that allows scientists to observe communication between immune…
Researchers at the Harvard Medical School have developed a new method for detecting unwanted DNA…
Researchers from Yale University have created the first synthetic molecules that have both the targeting…
A newly published study from the Wyss Institute and Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied…
Biological engineers from MIT have developed a new computer model that enables them to design…
A new biotech device from MIT reduces the unpredictability of biological components and could ultimately…
A team of researchers at Yale University has developed a therapeutic molecule that both targets…
By engineering artificial nanoparticles made of lipids, scientists have developed a treatment for bacterial infections…