A field known as synthetic biology has become one of the most highly anticipated in science. Its outputs range from golden rice, which is genetically engineered to provide vitamin A, to advances ...

Engineering microbes for bioproduct manufacturing represents an increasingly essential approach in biotechnology, promising sustainable alternatives to ...

Identifying rare microorganisms in microbiome data just got easier. A team of researchers from Portugal and Canada has developed a new tool that uses machine learning to automatically detect rare ...

Field trials conducted at the University of Queensland show microbial biotechnology could be a game-changer for farming with ...

Microalgae, belonging to the diverse group of photosynthetic microorganisms, play pivotal roles in global ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles. They contribute significantly to carbon fixation and ...

MIT scientists have found a clever new way to make bacteria send out signals that can be seen from far away—up to 90 meters.

Biotechnology is a broad discipline in which biological processes, organisms, cells or cellular components are exploited to develop new technologies. New tools and products developed by ...

Christopher Voigt, head of MIT's Department of Biological Engineering and senior author of the new study In a paper appearing today in Nature Biotechnology, the researchers showed that they could ...

A team discovers a new family of enzymes capable of inducing targeted cuts in single-stranded DNA A few years ago, the advent of technology known as CRISPR was a major breakthrough in the scientific ...