Cockroaches can efficiently eat and process food waste, before they themselves are used as animal feed and in medicine when they reach the end of their life span.

Ryan Woo and Thomas Seun · Reuters 11 Dec 2018

Biotechnology

Scientists have created biodegradable microneedles to fight eye disease

Researchers in Singapore have developed a contact lens-like patch covered with microneedles that deliver drugs to treat eye diseases.

Rosamond Hutt 07 Dec 2018

Biotechnology

This new test could be used to detect and diagnose all types of cancer

The new test exploits a unique DNA signature found only in cancer cells.

Matt Trau, Laura G. Carrascosa, and Abu Sina · The Conversation 05 Dec 2018

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

This new robotic limb can be controlled with your mind

The prosthetic arm reads signals the brain tries to send to 'phantom limbs' and can respond in a way a real arm would.

Dan Robitzski · Futurism 04 Dec 2018

Retail, Consumer Goods and Lifestyle

This technology allows paralysed people to communicate with the power of their mind

A brain-computer interface allows users with paralysis to connect with and use a tablet device, just by thinking about moving the cursor.

Kevin Stacey · Futurity 29 Nov 2018

Oceans

Your home could be lit by jellyfish in the future

Inspired by glowing jellyfish, young Spanish scientist Rubén Costa has developed BioLEDs that could help save the planet – as well as sufferers of Seasonal Affective Disorder.

Kate Whiting 09 Nov 2018

Emerging Technologies

8 fascinating and fearsome frontiers of science you should know about

We asked 660 experts to tell us which corners of scientific research make them most excited and which most concerned. We think their answers will surprise you.

David Gleicher 09 Nov 2018

Biotechnology

As genome editing moves from the lab into the clinic, the ethical debate can no longer be hypothetical

Scientists can now change our genes in ways that will be inherited by our children. We should discuss the implications before national authorities start making decisions on our behalf.

Karen Yeung and Peter Mills 06 Nov 2018

Biotechnology

The intoxicating science of animal venom. What you need to know

In the growing field of venomics, scientists are using deadly venoms from frogs, snakes and centipedes to block pain, fight disease and even map the human mind.

Mandë Holford, Marymegan Daly, and Ashlee Rowe 06 Nov 2018

Future of Health and Healthcare

7 ways the ‘biological century’ will transform healthcare

From conquering death to automatic insulin deliveries, we will be able to finetune our biology to a once-unthinkable degree.

Mike Moradi and David Berry 01 Nov 2018

Biotechnology

This material can grow and repair itself like a plant

A material designed by MIT chemical engineers can react with carbon dioxide from the air, to grow, strengthen, and even repair itself.

David L. Chandler · MIT News 17 Oct 2018

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

These were Stephen Hawking's last bold predictions on AI, superhumans, and aliens

The late physicist Stephen Hawking’s last writings predict that a breed of superhumans could take over, having used genetic engineering to surpass their fellow beings.

Max de Haldevang · Quartz 16 Oct 2018

Biotechnology

Scientists have produced healthy mice from same-sex parents

Stem cells and gene editing were used to produce over two dozen healthy mice from female parents. Some of the engineered offspring even went on to have babies of their own.

Sixth Tone 15 Oct 2018

3D Printing

This Swedish startup is 3D printing human organs

Using a simple 3D printer and a special gel, a company has found a way to produce tissues and organs.

Alberto Iglesias Fraga · Business Insider 12 Oct 2018

Human Enhancement

2018 Nobel Prize for physics goes to tools made from light beams - a particle physicist explains

Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics for their work with light manipulation.

Todd Adams · The Conversation 03 Oct 2018

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