Confocal microscopy image of a nine-day-old human embryo. Specific proteins and cellular structures have been colored in the image: OCT4 (green), which is related to […]
Category: Biotech
Flowers redesigned for robots: Gene editing and AI promise faster crop breeding
Robotic breeder GEAIR working in a greenhouse. Credit: IGDB For millennia, developing resilient crops relied on pollination by nature or humans—making the process long and […]
Holistic approach uses rapeseed protein for vegan burger patties and nutritious chicken feed
Fraunhofer researchers produce a rapeseed kernel concentrate with a protein content of more than 50 percent from de-hulled rapeseed at their EthanNa pilot plant. Credit: […]
Agricultural sensor detects crops by their vibrations, offering an alternative approach for farm robots
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University Farmers might be able to get help tending and harvesting crops using a new sensing technology from Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics […]
Proposed policies would reward farmers for climate-smart biofuel crop practices
University of Illinois agricultural and consumer economics professor Madhu Khanna and her colleagues propose policies that would reward farmers for adopting “climate-smart” practices when growing […]
Fruit fly study achieves first transfer of behavior between species through single gene manipulation
Drosophila subobscura males regurgitate food and offer it as a gift to females during courtship. Credit: Tanaka et al., 2025 Researchers in Japan have genetically […]
Breeding climate-resilient crop plants: Mapping method reveals key regulatory switches
Illustration of the new analysis method. The tractors represent so-called transcription factors: proteins that bind to genetic switches to activate or deactivate genes. The method […]
Scientists reengineer enzyme to study diseases via sugar patterns on the surface of cells
An illustration of the pig enzyme ST3Gal1 (green) bound to its sugar ligand (yellow sticks). Binding interfaces contain green (carbon), red (oxygen), and blue (nitrogen) […]