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A sugar additive used in several foods could have helped spread a seriously dangerous superbug around the US, according to a 2018 study. ScienceAlert reports: The finger of blame is pointed squarely at the sugar trehalose, found in foods such as nutrit… Continue reading Sugar Additive Trehalose Could Have Helped Spread Dangerous Superbug Around the US
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In his 1972 Nobel Prize acceptance speech, American biochemist Christian Anfinsen laid out a vision: One day it would be possible, he said, to predict the 3D structure of any protein merely from it… Continue reading And the Biggest Scientific Breakthrough of 2021 Is…
fahrbot-bot shares a report from Phys.Org: A research team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has identified a new way to convert ammonia to nitrogen gas through a process that could be a step toward ammonia replacing carbon-based fuels. The discov… Continue reading Chemists Discover New Way To Harness Energy From Ammonia
AltMachine shares a report from Phys.Org: Chinese scientists recently reported a de novo route for artificial starch synthesis from carbon dioxide (CO2) for the first time. Relevant results were published in Science on Sept. 24. The new route makes it … Continue reading Chinese Scientists Synthesized Starch From Carbon Dioxide
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Engineers at Columbia University […] figured out how to simultaneously 3D-print and cook layers of pureed chicken, according to a recent paper published in the journal npj Science of Food. […] … Continue reading Engineers Figured Out How To Cook 3D-Printed Chicken With Lasers
Impossible Foods’ latest meatless product is set to hit tables from Thursday: plant-based pork that claims to be tastier and healthier than the real deal. CNBC reports: The ground pork product will first be available in restaurants in the U.S., Hong Ko… Continue reading Impossible Foods To Launch Meatless Pork In US, Hong Kong and Singapore
“A CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology that has shown promise in clearing HIV from mice is headed into human testing,” reports Fierce Biotech:
We don’t like to throw the word “cure” around here. But Excision BioTherapeutics thinks the therapy could rep… Continue reading FDA Approves Human Clinical Trials of a Possible CRISPR-Based HIV Cure
Its natural language processing platform aids subject-matter experts in finding answers to their questions. Continue reading AI startup Sorcero secures $10M for language intelligence platform
The company captures diverse microbes for agricultural applications, like crop protection, and screens strains for the best assays that would work for insect, disease and nematode control. Continue reading AgBiome lands $166M for safer crop protection technology
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica, written by Tim De Chant: Nearly a decade ago, Theranos touted a revolutionary diagnostic device that could run myriad medical tests without having to draw blood through a needle. Today, the startup… Continue reading Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes On Trial As Jury Selection Begins