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biotechnology

Kitchen counter bio-lab lets you make edible gloop from cells

Life

Kitchen counter bio-lab lets you make edible gloop from cells

A coffee machine pod-like system can synthesise food from packaged pods of plant cells. The system could let us make our own jam from weird and exotic plants

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People in biosafety suits

Life

It's too easy for bioterrorists to access dangerous research

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Radio powered by your own sweat hints at future of wearables 

Technology

Radio powered by your own sweat hints at future of wearables 

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E. coli bacteria

Life

Synthetic genes can make weird new proteins that actually work

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3D-printed bacteria could make bespoke graphene-like materials

Technology

3D-printed bacteria could make bespoke graphene-like materials

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Yeast cells

Life

Five designer chromosomes bring synthetic life a step closer

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A robot shakes hands with a human

Technology

UK announces extra funding for robotics and driverless cars

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Life

Resurrecting nature: Extinct is not forever

Features

Pink bacterium with purple background

Life

Electronic gene control could let us plug bacteria into devices

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Plane sprays crops

Life

Gene-silencing spray lets us modify plants without changing DNA

A single application keeps working for nearly a month, which could allow us to modify plants without actually altering their DNA

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Technology

Transistor stretchier than skin for ultra-flexible wearable tech

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Humans

The world in 2076: Genetically engineered people are everywhere

Features

Life

The world in 2076: Human-made life forms walk the earth

Features

Life

Lightbulb made of modified E. coli fuses biology and electronics

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