Biotechnology
A flood of ideas
Ready for a cot-cum-boat, crop-specific forecasts and stable bio-specimen storage?
Of loans, laser and larvae
Start-ups work on easy credit for farmers, satellite contact, and a protein-rich by-product of waste.
There's magic in these mushrooms
Mushrooms are not merely adding umami flavours to food. Fungi are the answer to fashion, construction, computing solutions — and more.
Degrading microplastics with bacterial cocktails
Scientists are formulating bacterial consortia, searching for new sources of enzymes and engineering bacteria and protein to degrade plastic.
On your biomarkers…
From cough sounds to exhaled breath, and from sweat to tears, researchers are peering through new windows into the human body to detect disease.
