Biotech
This Mushroom Leather Is Being Made into Hermès Handbags
A bioreactor-made material is being marketed as an animal-friendly leather alternative that also aims to help save the planet
Stories by Emily Waltz
Biotech
CRISPR-Edited Tomatoes Are Supposed to Help You Chill Out
The first commercial food product to use the CRISPR gene-editing technique increases levels of GABA in tomatoes
Biotech
No Bones, No Scales, No Eyeballs: Appetite Grows for Lab-Grown Seafood
Cell-based fish taste the same as their wild and farmed counterparts. But will it ever make economic sense to produce this kind of protein?
Vaccines
COVID Vaccine Makers Prepare for a Variant Worse Than Delta
Companies are updating vaccines and testing them on people to prepare for whatever comes next in the pandemic
Biotech
Lab-Made Chicken Reaches Select Diners in Singapore
Club-goers in the island city-state take first bites of slaughter-free chicken nuggets grown in bioreactors
Biotech
First Genetically Engineered Salmon Sold in Canada
US firm AquaBounty Technologies says that its transgenic fish has hit the market after a 25-year wait
Public Health
U.S. Reviews Plan to Infect Mosquitoes with Bacteria to Stop Disease
Biotech firm seeks government approval to market mosquitoes as a pesticide to prevent spread of Zika and dengue viruses
Biotech
Gene-Edited CRISPR Mushroom Escapes U.S. Regulation
Fungus is the first organism engineered by CRISPR – Cas9 to get a green-light from the U.S. government...
Environment
Offshore Wind May Power the Future
Not only are offshore winds stronger but landlubbers have fewer objections to turbines almost invisible from the coast
