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Biotechnology
Precision healthcare: how maths can revolutionise medicine
Data is the fuel for radical changes in the way global health systems work.
Biotechnology
How biotechnology is evolving in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Biotechnology could mitigate humans' impact on the planet through large-scale bio-based interventions aimed at restoring former environmental balances and creating new ones.
Sustainable Development
Why bacteria could be the future of biofuel
Traditional biofuels are sourced from food crops, which is timely and cost-effective. New research shows this latest technique could meet growing energy demands.
Human Enhancement
Thousands of Swedish people are swapping ID cards for microchips
Biohacking is one the rise as people look for more convenient ways to blend technology with their bodies.
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
Doctors are using AI to see how diseases change our cells
This artificial intelligence can create detailed 3D models of cells for scientific study.
Biotechnology
Art and science are working together to breed the perfect chicken
A Belgian conceptual artist is helping an Ethiopian project to breed chickens that are more resilient, live longer and are less susceptible to disease.
Future of Health and Healthcare
This bat can carry deadly viruses but not get sick. Here's how
The newly-sequenced genome of an Egyptian fruit bat from a cave in Uganda offers clues as to how bats harbor and transmit deadly viruses—but don’t get sick themselves.
Biotechnology
5 surprising products made from carbon dioxide
Negative emissions products could be the future of stopping climate change.
Future of Health and Healthcare
This enzyme could spell the end of ageing and cancer
New research has found that telomerase could be the key to preserving life.
Biotechnology
Should we vaccinate plants?
Gene editing could make crops resistant to pests or disease.
Biotechnology
Over half your body isn't human
The inside and outside of our bodies are teeming with millions of micro-organisms that may play a beneficial role in human health.
Environment and Natural Resource Security
This enzyme eats plastic waste
The enzyme is able to digest PET - commonly used in plastic bottles.
Food Security and Agriculture
Could insect farms meet our food demands of the future?
Big and small companies are looking to insects as a sustainable alternative to feed livestock.
Future of Health and Healthcare
Global healthcare needs a revolution. This is how technology can help
Antiquated record-keeping in developing countries is preventing basic immunization from reaching many children – a gap technology could fill.
Human Enhancement
What is transhumanism and how does it affect you?
As technology evolves, genetic and artificial enhancements are moving closer to reality.