Biology – Page 44

Podcast
A Crack in Creation by Jennifer Doudna – Book club

2017-10-19T13:29:00Z

The development of Crispr, and the ethical questions raised by new genome editing techniques
Research
Smart stretch expands hip implant performance

2017-10-19T12:18:00Z

Material designed to get thicker as it bends
Research
Quick test on pinprick of blood could help stop Ebola in its tracks

2017-10-18T12:04:00Z

Portable Raspberry Pi-based device accurately detects viruses in micro droplet of whole blood
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Business
US to invest $160m in cancer partnership

2017-10-17T11:44:00Z

Funds will be backed up with $55m from 11 companies to advance new cancer treatments that harness the immune system
Business
BASF to buy Bayer seeds and herbicides

2017-10-13T14:30:00Z

€5.9bn sale will help satisfy competition regulators’ worries over Bayer–Monsanto merger
Feature
Cryo-EM: a cold, hard look at biology

2017-10-13T13:20:00Z

Super cool microscopy wins the 2017 Nobel prize in chemistry
Podcast
Cinnarizine (stugeron)

2017-10-12T19:02:00Z

Neil Withers relives a choppy (and messy) sea voyage to bring us the science of anti-seasickness drug cinnarizine
Careers
Video games are enabling discovery

2017-10-09T09:00:00Z

Gamification is harnessing an untapped army of citizen scientists
Podcast
Sodium dichromate

2017-10-06T12:55:00Z

Discover the compound at the heart of a multi-million dollar legal case and an Oscar–winning role for Julia Roberts
Review
A crack in creation: the new power to control evolution

2017-10-06T12:00:00Z

How studying bacterial immunity led to the development of Crispr
Research
First for cells as they're made to manufacture fluorinated bioplastics

2017-10-06T09:00:00Z

Genetically modified bacteria could make synthesis of new materials more sustainable
News
Explainer: What is cryo-electron microscopy

2017-10-04T15:17:00Z

The science behind the 2017 Nobel prize in chemistry
Opinion
Forbidden but not uncommon

2017-10-02T11:30:00Z

Quantum tunnelling is far from science fiction
Podcast
Coomassie blue

2017-09-29T16:43:00Z

How an attractive blue dye became the basis of a fundamental lab technique
Business
Amgen partners to launch biosimilars in China

2017-09-29T12:07:00Z

US biopharma and Chinese generics firm will co-develop medicines from Amgen’s pipeline focused on inflammation and oncology
Review
Sex, lies, and brain scans: how fMRI reveals what really goes on in our minds

2017-09-29T12:00:00Z

Can neuroscientists can use functional magnetic resonance imaging to read minds?
Research
Scorpion fine-tunes its venom to ward off predators

2017-09-27T09:17:00Z

Australian species can increase production of toxins that affect mammals
Research
Tailored molecules alter the fabric of cotton

2017-09-15T15:20:00Z

Modified glucose grows into smart cellulose
Research
Hagfish slime turned into ultra-stiff fibre

2017-09-15T09:58:00Z

Scientists switch protein structure and add covalent crosslinks
Research
DNA robot sorts out molecular mess

2017-09-14T19:00:00Z

Machine moves around, picks up and drops off individual molecules