David Di Zhang, University of Saskatchewan and Grant Alexander Wilson, University of Saskatchewan Genetically modified (GM) foods for human consumption have long been a subject of intense public debate, as well as academic research. Despite the lack of scientific [...]
Company’s multiple contracts with a total $64M ceiling with IARPA, DoD, and DHS establish integrated platform to enable the responsible growth of synthetic biology and its application in health and biosecurity BOSTON, June 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Ginkgo Bioworks, the organism [...]
CAMBRIDGE, MA—Draper has been awarded a three-and-a-half-year $7.8 million contract by IARPA (The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, National Intelligence Directorate) as part of the FELIX Program to research and develop tools to enable better detection of engineered organisms. [...]
Victor Frankenstein’s mistakes serve as cautionary lessons. Etienne Marais/Pexels, CC BY Ian Haydon, University of Washington Mary Shelley was 20 when she published “Frankenstein” in 1818. Two hundred years on, the book remains thrilling, challenging and relevant — especially [...]
When we think about forests, we think about trees. Trees are important, but their vitality depends on fungal mycelium, nitrogen-fixing bacteria, and many other unseen microbial players. Science and technology are the most salient features in biotech, yet they exist [...]
This year’s World Economic Forum is a wrap. Presidents, chief executives, policy wonks and futurists from around the world made their annual pilgrimage to Davos, Switzerland, to discuss the state of the economy, global governance, and — in a panel [...]
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