Biology – Page 56
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ResearchPenguin feathers’ ice-resistant design revealed
Polymer surface based on feathers might one day lead to coating to protect ship and planes from deadly build-ups of ice
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NewsThe huge impact of ‘mini-brains’
‘Mini-brains’ created by Johns Hopkins researchers in the US could revolutionise how drugs and compounds are tested for safety and effectiveness
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ResearchNew buzz around vibrational smell theory
Controversial theory bolstered by discovery that ordinary and deuterated odour compounds elicit different responses in honeybee brains
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Research3D printed tissues grow and develop in animal tests
Muscle, bone and cartilage successfully transplanted as limitations of printing technology overcome
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ResearchPolymer worms hold stem cells in suspended animation
A new hydrogel mimics natural mucins to delay the development of human stem cells and embryos
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BusinessMedical devices consolidation continues
Abbott to buy Alere for $5.8bn to augment its point-of-care diagnostics business
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OpinionFlashback: 1996 – GM tomatoes
Zeneca brought puree from genetically modified tomatoes onto UK supermarket shelves
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NewsUse of Crispr on human embryos approved in UK
The UK’s fertility regulator will allow gene-edited human embryos to be used in research
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BusinessJ&J to cut 3000 jobs in medical devices unit
Cost-saving cuts will help ‘accelerate the pace of innovation’, company claims
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FeatureThe cutting edge of gene editing
The new gene-editing tool Crispr is taking the scientific world by storm, reports Katrina Megget
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ResearchCrispr conversation starter
Alan Regenberg talks to Katrina Megget about the ethics of gene editing
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BusinessCrispr goes commercial
Gene editing technique Crispr has shaken up genomics research and the commercial opportunities couldn’t be more evident
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OpinionHow the leopard got its spots
Alan Turing once looked to chemistry to suggest how patterns form
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PodcastTaq Polymerase
Kat Arney reveals how high temperature bacteria provide us with the molecule that speeds up DNA sequencing
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ResearchCutting edge chemistry in 2015
We take a look back at the year’s most interesting chemical science stories