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Sometimes, a cell just has to die; this might be because it becomes dysfunctional, worn out, or malignant. Other times, cells simply fulfill their purpose and are no longer needed. Apoptosis is a ...

It’s no secret that current agricultural practices increase greenhouse gas emissions and are one of the key drivers of climate change. Recognizing these effects, the White House’s Inflation Reduction ...

Across industries as diverse as electronics, pharmaceuticals, food, and materials, industrial synthetic biology has begun to produce the goods we need more efficiently and sustainably. Using the ...

Most of the time when people talk about genomics research, they assume that the work involves pharmaceuticals or other biomedical research. After all, with the success of the National Institutes of ...

A floating city of thousands needs somewhere for all that wastewater to go, and the answer involves living bacteria, ...