Return of the Dire Wolf: How Genetic Engineering Resurrected an Ice Age Predator

Return of the Dire Wolf: How Genetic Engineering Resurrected an Ice Age Predator

More than 13,000 years after the last representatives of this species trod the lands of North America, humans have decided to bring them back to life. This is how the first genetically modified puppies with the phenotype of the dire wolf were created.
A Chip That Could Slow Down Light: Why Scientists Want to Control Photons

A Chip That Could Slow Down Light: Why Scientists Want to Control Photons

From an early age, we are taught that nothing can travel faster than light.
Cookies Made From a Plastic Bottle: Scientists Have Learned How to Turn Waste Into Food

Cookies Made From a Plastic Bottle: Scientists Have Learned How to Turn Waste Into Food

A plastic bottle, leftover corn stalks, and yeast are hardly the most obvious ingredients for a cookie.
Cameras Are No Longer Necessary: How Wi-Fi and Radio Waves Learned to Track People

Cameras Are No Longer Necessary: How Wi-Fi and Radio Waves Learned to Track People

Imagine this: you walk into an unfamiliar apartment and the first thing you do is check for any suspicious cameras. Nothing. There is an ordinary router sitting on the table, and you have not even connected to it. It seems there is nothing to worry about.
Pharma in Space: What Drugs Will Be Made in Orbit?

Pharma in Space: What Drugs Will Be Made in Orbit?

Imagine one stage of developing a new drug taking place not in a sterile laboratory on Earth, but roughly 250 miles above it.
Cookies Made From a Plastic Bottle: Scientists Have Learned How to Turn Waste Into Food

Cookies Made From a Plastic Bottle: Scientists Have Learned How to Turn Waste Into Food

A plastic bottle, leftover corn stalks, and yeast are hardly the most obvious ingredients for a cookie.
Cameras Are No Longer Necessary: How Wi-Fi and Radio Waves Learned to Track People

Cameras Are No Longer Necessary: How Wi-Fi and Radio Waves Learned to Track People

Imagine this: you walk into an unfamiliar apartment and the first thing you do is check for any suspicious cameras. Nothing. There is an ordinary router sitting on the table, and you have not even connected to it. It seems there is nothing to worry about.
Pharma in Space: What Drugs Will Be Made in Orbit?

Pharma in Space: What Drugs Will Be Made in Orbit?

Imagine one stage of developing a new drug taking place not in a sterile laboratory on Earth, but roughly 250 miles above it.

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Pharma in Space: What Drugs Will Be Made in Orbit?

Pharma in Space: What Drugs Will Be Made in Orbit?

Imagine one stage of developing a new drug taking place not in a sterile laboratory on Earth, but roughly 250 miles above it.

Cameras Are No Longer Necessary: How Wi-Fi and Radio Waves Learned to Track People

Imagine this: you walk into an unfamiliar apartment and the first thing you do is check for any suspicious cameras. Nothing. There is an ordinary router sitting on the table, and you have not even connected to it. It seems there is nothing to worry about.

Cookies Made From a Plastic Bottle: Scientists Have Learned How to Turn Waste Into Food

A plastic bottle, leftover corn stalks, and yeast are hardly the most obvious ingredients for a cookie.
A Chip That Could Slow Down Light: Why Scientists Want to Control Photons

A Chip That Could Slow Down Light: Why Scientists Want to Control Photons

From an early age, we are taught that nothing can travel faster than light.

Return of the Dire Wolf: How Genetic Engineering Resurrected an Ice Age Predator

More than 13,000 years after the last representatives of this species trod the lands of North America, humans have decided to bring them back to life. This is how the first genetically modified puppies with the phenotype of the dire wolf were created.

Surgery at the Molecular Level: How In Vivo Gene Editing Is Saving Lives

A new gene-editing method has already helped save a child's life. His body was slowly poisoning itself.