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New method uses magnets to align muscle cells

Stimulating muscle fibers with magnets causes them to grow in the same direction, aligning muscle cells within tissue, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and...

These CRISPR-Engineered Super Chickens Are Resistant to Bird Flu

The gene editing tool CRISPR may be crucial in fighting off one of the deadliest viruses circulating the globe—a virus that has killed hundreds...

OSTTRA completes record interest rate counterparty risk optimization cycle

“The advent of UMR and SA-CCR has been a game-changer. Financial players are now ardently focusing on harnessing risk-based capital models,”In an unprecedented financial...

Nanoparticles made from plant viruses could be farmers’ new ally in pest control

Sep 21, 2023 (Nanowerk News) A new form of agricultural pest control could one day take root—one that treats crop infestations deep under the...

Unified Patent Court’s Helsinki Local Division denies preliminary injunction request over patent opted out despite previously filed (and still pending) national litigation

As I first predicted and then mentioned on LinkedIn, the Unified Patent Court's Helsinki Local Division today denied an application for provisional measures (the...

Engineered Bacteria Can Detect Tumor DNA

September 20, 2023, by Elia Ben-Ari A team of US and Australian scientists has...

What Makes Life Tick? Mitochondria May Keep Time for Cells | Quanta Magazine

Introduction Just as people in different places seem to operate at different rhythms, so too do different species. They age at their own rates: Some,...

Pilot plant for recycling plastic lab waste is a UK first | Envirotec

A pilot plant on the University of Bath campus is said to be able to recycle up to 60% of plastic lab waste,...

How To Build A Climate-Friendly Skyscraper: Start Small. Petri-Dish Small.

Prometheus Materials has a solution for replacing one of the biggest contributors of greenhouse gasses, financial backing from Microsoft and an aggressive plan to...

The Most Advanced Embryo Models Yet Mimic the First Two Weeks of Human Development

Forget sperm meets egg.Using human stem cells, scientists have created human embryo-like structures inside petri dishes. These lab-grown blobs develop multiple structures that mimic...

Magnetism May Have Given Life Its Molecular Asymmetry | Quanta Magazine

IntroductionIn 1848, when Louis Pasteur was a young chemist still years away from discovering how to sterilize milk, he discovered something peculiar about crystals...

Here’s why I am coining the term “embryo tech”

This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review's weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, and read...

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