Using genes borrowed from bacteria, researchers have demonstrated fish and flies can be engineered to break down methylmercury and remove it from their bodies as a less harmful gas, offering new ways ...

Every baby food product packaged in jars, pouches, tubs and boxes sold in California must carry a QR code on its label that consumers can scan to check the most recent heavy metal readings, although ...

MaizeCODE is a genomic project analyzing the genetic basis of maize domestication. Researchers identified key regulatory ...

Yale researchers have created "Ochre," a genomically recoded organism that enables the production of synthetic proteins with ...

Genetic engineering in roses is a cutting-edge scientific process that involves altering the plant’s DNA to change its ...

Scientists studied plant DNA to understand past extinctions. They found that warming climates increase competition, ...

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Next the researchers are working on soybeans and cowpeas; the latter is “a hugely important food-security crop in African ...

California weakly defines regenerative, missing opportunity for meaningful progress and regenerative-organic solutions.

Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species -- according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out since 1750 -- twice the number of animal species lost. But which species ...

The molecule is also being tested in over 100 vaccine clinical trials. Rising QS-21 demand from the pharmaceutical industry ...

Researchers around the world are working on new technologies to capture carbon from the atmosphere, but many approaches fall short on one key metric: their ability to scale. Nature, however, has ...