Biology – Page 23
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BusinessTissue scaffolds from resin inks
4D Medicine’s biodegradable polymer inks can be 3D-printed into useful biomedical applications
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ResearchBlood test picks out proteins that accurately predict age
Discovery could lead to better preventive medicine
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OpinionWhen should employees share profits from inventions?
Glucose monitor inventor wins £2m payout from Unilever after claiming his work provided ’outstanding benefit’
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PodcastIminosugars
After some promising results treating ill pets, some researchers think iminosugars could become treatments for infection and even cancer. Mike Freemantle explores the buzz around iminohoney
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ResearchMystery of why magic mushrooms go blue solved
Chemists reveal colourful indigo-like polymers that turn psychotropic mushrooms blue when cut
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ResearchSmart contact lens can be charged up wirelessly while it’s worn
LED, antenna and printable supercapacitor built into lens without obscuring wearer’s vision
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ResearchBacterium forced to evolve to consume carbon dioxide to make biomass
Tweaked Escherichia coli could help deal with humanity’s carbon dioxide problem
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PodcastTryptophan
Ben Valsler tackles ‘zombie facts’ and the tenuous connection between tryptophan in turkey and your post-Thanksgiving dinner doze
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ResearchRobotic system can plan and perform biosynthesis without human intervention
New strategy combines machine learning with automation and has proven itself optimising a complex biochemical pathway
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ResearchEngineered insulin with enhanced thermal stability inspired by fish-hunting snails
Four-disulfide insulin has similar bioactivity to native human insulin
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NewsSwipe right to help in the fight against Huntington’s disease
Citizen science project improves understanding of protein misfolding disorders like Huntington’s and Alzheimer’s diseases
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ResearchBiomimetic synthesis cultivates yellow poppy pigment
Cascade process that fuses indole with orientalin verifies biosynthesis of nudicaulins
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ResearchChronic exposure to battery nanomaterial leads to resistant bacteria
Shewanella onedensis MR-1 adapts to media spiked with complex metal oxide nanoparticles
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NewsTwitter reveals growing global public anxiety about Crispr gene-editing
Sentiment in tweets shows controversial events such as creation of gene-edited babies is worrying people
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ResearchAmmonium bicarbonate trick enables sophisticated lipid analysis
Tandem mass spectrometry method can distinguish lipid isomers
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NewsStudy claiming gene-edited babies were more likely to die young was wrong
Database bias introduced major error in a now retracted study on Crispr babies’ mortality
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PodcastHypoxia-inducible factors – HIFs
The oxygen sensors that help life react to changing conditions, key to the 2019 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine
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ResearchSecret of super-tough scales of giant Amazonian fish uncovered
Spiral-staircase structure prevents the scales being penetrated by piranhas
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BusinessThe rise of venture philanthropy
More and more charities are investing in companies, and looking for returns on that investment, as an alternative to traditional grants
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ResearchUnified synthesis shows how genetic alphabet could have been put together on early Earth
Cycles of wet and then dry conditions provide the right conditions to make all the nucleobases from basic chemicals