Weekly Roundup: Biotechin.Asia
Weekly Highlights for July, 18 2016-July, 24 2016 Where did it all go wrong? Scientists identify ‘cell of origin’ in skin cancers Scientists have identified for the first time the ‘cell […]
Dr Shannon Olsson: naturalism, chemistry and neuroscience
Dr. Shannon Olsson, a chemical ecologist from Bangalore, first realized her love for the subject, when she isolated a pheromone mimic in her undergraduate chemistry class. From then on began her […]
NUS Researcher Yingwei speaks on How he used Smart Mapping Technology to Provide Cutting-Edge Food Security Solution
A Singapore PhD student at NUS has found that pests are moving northward as climate change makes their natural habitats hotter. They are are also moving to higher altitudes. This […]
Removing the roadblocks against GM mustard in India
India might finally have its first transgenic seed available in farmer fields, if approved. Introduction of genetically modified (GM) mustard has had a tumultuous history in the country. Several activist […]
Hello Tomorrow launches global science startup competition
Hello Tomorrow has launched the Hello Tomorrow Challenge 2016, a global science startup competition dedicated to the transformation of innovations into impactful products and solutions. Hello Tomorrow is an international, […]
CRISPR-edited organism to bypass US regulation
CRISPR-Cas9 is a gene editing tool, that can potentially be used to genetically manipulate cells of humans, animals and other organisms. Recently, researchers at Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) in […]
NASA plans on Potato Farming in Mars!
Less than a year after NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) found salty liquid water intermittently flowing on the surface of Mars, astrobiologists at the US-based Space Organization have announced their latest […]
Could fungi reduce our dependence on chemical fertilizers?
For more than 500 million years, a large fraction of land plants exist in a mutually beneficial, symbiotic relationship with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. The plants share their carbohydrates with the […]
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