Tag: biotech
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Toward the end of August 1924, the orbits of Mars and Earth carried the two sister planets closer to each other than they had been in around a century. Enthusiasm… more ›
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A powerful form of DNA-editing machinery discovered in bacteria might allow us to make much bigger changes to genomes than is currently possible with CRISPR-based techniques. However, it isn’t yet… more ›
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More than 3.5 billion years ago, life on Earth emerged from chemical reactions. Nature invented RNA, proteins, and DNA, the core molecules of life, and created the ribosome, a molecular… more ›
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The biologist Alfonso Martínez Arias defends that genes do not define the uniqueness of a person, citing the example of Karen Keegan, who has two genomes Two eggs fertilized by… more ›
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Inside every plant, animal and human cell are billions of molecular machines. They’re made up of proteins, DNA and other molecules, but no single piece works on its own. https://blog.google/technology/ai/google-deepmind-isomorphic-alphafold-3-ai-model/ more ›
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Part of the Fertile Crescent, Palestine has been considered one of the world’s centers of diversity, particularly for wheat and barley. This biodiversity, which has kept us alive for millennia,… more ›
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The pioneering cartographer of the human genome, Craig Venter, discusses synthetic biology and his new book, “Sorcerer II: The Expedition That Unlocked The Secrets of The Ocean’s Biome” with Noema… more ›
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Biologist Janine Benyus talks to us about the engineering that occurs in nature and how biomimicry could deeply impact the way we manufacture. She explores some of the secrets and… more ›
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A few years before the pandemic, the owners of a Victoria, B.C., golf course decided they no longer wanted to operate the facility, but nor did they want to follow… more ›