International Summit on Human Gene Editing
Scientists from all over the world will gather between today and Thursday in the International Summit on Gene Editing celebrated in Washington, D.C. The experts will discuss...
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China Plans to Build the World’s Biggest Particle Collider
China plans to build the world’s largest particle collider complex. The structure will be at least twice as big as CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in...
Basic Research
Converting Roads into Solar Panels
A Dutch start-up has found a way to transform the whole road network into an enormous source of green energy. SolaRoad produces concrete modules that can...
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Ancient DNA Reveals Adaptations to the Agricultural Revolution
A team of international researchers led by Harvard Medical School has presented an in-depth study of the changes that occurred in the human genome on the arrival of...
Basic Research
Robotic Lab Offers Now CRISPR Gene Editing
The robotic laboratory Transcriptic will add CRISPR gene editing to its services. Apart from the wet lab part of the job, Transcriptic offers CRISPR library...
Bioengineering
Organic Electronics Generate the First Electronic Plants
Researchers from Linköping University in Sweden have created electronic plants. The staff at the Laboratory for Organic Electronics inserted semi-conductive polymers inside living flowers, trees and...
Basic Research
NIH Ends Chimpanzee Research
US National Institutes of Health (NIH) director Francis Collins announced that the institute will retire the last 50 research chimpanzees to sanctuaries. The measure arrives...
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Genes in Space Competition Launched
Genes in Space, a competition for students was announced today, promising a change to run the proposed winning experiment on the International Space Station. Until...
Basic Research