A newly published study details how researchers at The Scripps Research Institute were able to…
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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 a newly published study, MIT researchers show that a new gene-editing technique, known as…
Scientists at Georgia Tech have developed a new type of low-temperature fuel cell that directly…
Using genetically engineered yeast cells and ordinary table sugar, engineers from the Cockrell School of…
In a newly published study, researchers from the Columbia University Medical Center detail how they…
Oceanographers from Scripps UC San Diego have discovered a microorganism that produces a chemical compound…
Neurologists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have successfully shown that human embryonic stem cells, which…
Using nanoscale diamond-like particles called nanodiamonds, researchers have developed a potentially more effective treatment…
Scientists at the University of Georgia have discovered a way to transform carbon dioxide trapped…
In a newly published study, Yale University researchers detail how they engineered a system that…
In November, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine implanted a pacemaker-like device into the brain of…
By removing a few genes, inserting a gene from another organism and tinkering with the…
Scientists at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University are using DNA nanotechnology to make…
After thoroughly studying jellyfish propulsion, including the arrangement of their muscles, how their bodies contract…
By developing a way to mathematically represent the genomes of different species, or of different…
In a development that could end up saving the lives of soldiers traumatically injured on…