biology
Cas9 molecule points the way to viral delivery of CRISPR genome editing
Posted in Medicine on 4th Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller
Companies are working overtime to apply the recently discovered CRISPR genome editing technology to treating diseases.
To Feed the World, We May Need to Hack Photosynthesis
Posted in Science on 29th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller
In the past decades, yield improvements have slowed as crops have reached their biological limits. If we are to continue hastening growth, crop breeding might not be enough.
Night vision eyedrops allow vision of up to 50m in darkness
Posted in Medicine on 28th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller
A group of scientists in California have successfully created eye drops that temporarily enable night vision.
Bee behaviour mapped by using tiny trackers
Posted in Science on 27th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller
Understanding bee behavior is absolutely vital if we are to understand better why our bees are struggling and how we can reverse their decline.
Why Don't Animals Get Schizophrenia (and How Come We Do)?
Posted in Medicine on 26th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller
Research suggest an evolutionary link between the disorder and what makes us human.