Tuesday, November 24, 2015
CRISPR-Powered Malaria Mosquito Gene Drive
"Using the precision gene-editing tool, researchers demonstrate an ability to create large populations of malaria parasiteāresistant mosquitoes."CRISPR-Powered Malaria Mosquito Gene Drive | The Scientist MagazineĀ®
Monday, November 23, 2015
Circuits within living plants
"Researchers have crafted flexible electronic circuits inside a rose. Eventually such circuitry may help farmers eavesdrop on their crops and even control when they ripen. The advance may even allow people to harness energy from trees and shrubs not by cutting them down and using them for fuel, but by plugging directly into their photosynthesis machinery." Full news article @ cience/AAAS | News