Engineers have made bacteria to produce hyperspectral signals that can be detected as far as 90 meters away. Their work could lead to the development of bacterial sensors for agricultural and other ...

Learn about metabolomics, biology's fourth language that has remained vastly untapped up until now and could accelerate ...

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 ...

Bipartisan congressional commission introduces legislation to coordinate emerging biotechnology research and boost investment ...

A new study cracks the code for increasing sustainability of the pest-killing proteins in genetically engineered crops.

Researchers suggest the bacteria could be designed to detect pollution or nutrients, acting as sensors to help farmers ...

A new family of enzymes enables precise cuts in single-stranded DNA, offering powerful new tools for genetic engineering and ...

They say your pudding will spoil your tea, but it turns out cream cakes could also save the salmon in your sandwiches. Waste ...

Research from Nottingham Trent University highlights how small insects and invertebrates in Antarctica have developed ...

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.

A new phylum of microbes has been discovered thriving in one of the least explored parts of Earth—the deep Critical Zone, a ...