The Future of Fish Farming May Be Indoors
On a projection screen in front of a packed room in a coastal Maine town, computer-animated salmon swim energetically through a massive oval tank. A… Read More »The Future of Fish Farming May Be Indoors
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Scientists Finally Crack Wheat’s Absurdly Complex Genome
Scientists decoded the genome of rice in 2002. They completed the soybean genome in 2008. They mapped the maize genome in 2009. But only… Read More »Scientists Finally Crack Wheat’s Absurdly Complex Genome
Using Electric Currents to Fool Ourselves Into Tasting Something We’re Not
It’s hard not to think of Nimesha Ranasinghe as a digital age Willy Wonka. But his lab, at the University of Maine, isn’t full of… Read More »Using Electric Currents to Fool Ourselves Into Tasting Something We’re Not
As lab-grown meat advances, U.S. lawmakers call for regulation
Lab-grown chicken, beef, and duck products are edging toward the U.S. market—despite enduring confusion about how they’ll be regulated. But language buried in a draft… Read More »As lab-grown meat advances, U.S. lawmakers call for regulation
UK set to become truffle capital of the world within 30 years, scientists say
Britain is set to become the truffle capital of the world within 30 years, scientists have said, as they are developing new genetic approaches to create… Read More »UK set to become truffle capital of the world within 30 years, scientists say
CRISPR’D FOOD, COMING SOON TO A SUPERMARKET NEAR YOU
FOR YEARS NOW, the US Department of Agriculture has been flirting with the latest and greatest DNA manipulation technologies. Since 2016, it has given free… Read More »CRISPR’D FOOD, COMING SOON TO A SUPERMARKET NEAR YOU