The surprising way plastics could actually help fight climate change
Switching from petroleum-based polymers to polymers that are biologically based could decrease carbon emissions by hundreds of millions of tons every year.
Author Archives: Jenna E. Gallegos
After a century, insulin is still expensive – could DIYers change that?
In the coming decades, DIY biologists could provide patients with the knowledge needed to produce for themselves the drugs their lives depend on.
DNA has gone digital – what could possibly go wrong?
The emerging field of cyberbiosecurity explores the whole new category of risks that come with the increased use of computers in the life sciences.