Australian scientists have discovered a means of genetically modifying animals -fruit flies and zebrafish, respectively – to ...

Australian scientists have found an effective new way to clean up methylmercury, one of the world's most dangerous pollutants ...

Most major biological molecules, including all proteins, DNA and RNA, point in one direction or another. In other words, they are chiral, or handed. Like how your left glove fits only your left hand ...

6-year-old Atreyu Cawood is calm as he plays with his sister 4-year-old Aslyn. It is a total 180 from how he acted while eating foods with synthetic dyes over three years ago. “It was kind of Dr.

Enduro officials say they are already working with global biotechnology companies to transform production and enable bioproduction at scale.

Macquarie University researchers, alongside an international team, have achieved a significant milestone in synthetic biology by completing the final chromosome of the world's first synthetic yeast ...

After more than a decade of work, researchers have reached a major milestone in their efforts to re-engineer life in the lab, ...

Our biological sciences students explore the complexities of life and work to address global challenges in biology. Our faculty advance knowledge in a wide range of disciplines within the biological ...

What is Blue 1 and why is it added to food? Blue 1 is a synthetic dye used in food, drugs, and cosmetics throughout the United States and Europe. Today, the dye is typically made from petroleum, but ...

Our teaching excellence feeds into a fantastic array of undergraduate degrees in a variety of subjects, while our ground-breaking research has led to: new treatments for ovarian cancer, the discovery ...

New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Synthetic ...