USDA releases controversial GMO food label prototypes
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently unveiled label prototypes for food with genetically...
Scientists harness tobacco plants to produce polio vaccine
After all the poor health outcomes caused by tobacco over centuries, it's about time the plant started doing something...
Scientists turn spinach into human heart tissue
Popeye was right: spinach really is good for the muscles, and not just the ones in your biceps. In fact, scientists...
Senate passes weak GMO-labeling bill, nullifying Vermont's pro-consumer requirements
The United States Senate passed a controversial bill Wednesday that would require food makers to disclose genetically...
New concrete can repair its own cracks with bacteria
Jonkers originally began work on the bio-concrete when approached by a concrete technologist who wondered whether...
Spraying spiders with graphene helps them spin webs 6 times stronger than normal
If your spidey sense has been tingling recently, this awesome arachnid discovery may be the cause. Scientists at...
Engineers build artificial muscles from onion skin and gold
Onions are already known as tearjerkers, but the humble allium’s contribution to a recent robotics breakthrough...
Scientists Sucessfuly Create First Ever Cloned Embryo from Adult Cells
Just over one decade after successfully cloning Dolly the sheep, scientists have cloned the first human embryo...
3D-Printed Human Cells Will Replace Animal Testing in Five Years, Says Bioengineer Expert
3D-printing could soon bring about an end to animal abuse in drug testing, according to bioengineering expert Alan...
Bioengineered E.coli Bacteria Poops Out Petroleum
The last few years have shown that bacteria can "poop out" some mighty useful (and valuable) stuff - whether it...
Designing and Building with Bacteria Could be the Future of Architecture
The rate at which science has been evolving for the last few decades suggests it won’t be long before we’re...
Autodesk and Organovo Team Up to 3D Print Living Human Tissue
3D printers can fabricate everything from cars to bald eagle beaks, and soon they may even be able to print organs...
Artist John O'Shea to Create a Bioengineered Pig's Bladder Soccer Ball
John O'Shea, a British artist currently in residence at Liverpool University's Clinical Engineering department,...
