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It was in the late eighties that scientists first envisaged a merger between 3D printing and tissue engineering. At their...

In 2010, California-based KZO Sea Farms received a permit for developing an offshore mariculture facility in US federal waters. Recently,...

Biosensors are instruments that detect the presence of specific molecules in just about any medium, even at trace concentrations. This...

Glues may make up a relatively small proportion of individual products. Yet with around 14.7 million tonnes produced globally each...

Bioreactors are vessels where microorganisms, stem cells, or specialised cells are cultivated into functional materials. The oldest and simplest examples...

In 2020, Swedish startup Amferia received $650, 000 to commercialise a bacteria-killing hydrogel that could be used as wound patches,...

Whether algae-based or oil-derived, all our industrial materials are composed of dead matter. Predictable and, above all stable, inert substances...

From 2020, the world can emit only 350 gigatonnes of carbon for a chance to stay within 1.5 degrees of...

Around 3.5 billion years ago, plants became able to turn sunlight and carbon dioxide into energy. Researchers in the field...

From wooden computer chips to tree-based touchscreens, digital tech is taking an unexpected turn to bio.