Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | April 2, 2024
Just as bird watchers may use binoculars to add to their species lists, scientists interested in bird evolution may use computational tools to clarify...
The cataclysmic impact of a giant meteor around 65 million years ago brought an end to the reign of the majority of dinosaur species, leaving behind a...
The largest-ever study of bird genomes has produced a remarkably clear picture of the bird family tree. Published in the journal Nature today, our stu...
The updated family tree reveals patterns in the evolutionary history of birds following the cataclysmic mass extinction event that wiped out the dinos...
In two studies published April 1 in the journals Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) and Nature, scientists reveal that a genetic e...
Doves and flamingos no longer need to invite each other to family reunions now that the bird family tree has sprouted new branches. In recent years, m...
Nicole Steinmetz, professor of nanoengineering at the University of California San Diego, has been working on immunotherapies based on plant virus pla...
A team led by engineers at the University of California San Diego has developed a new cathode material for solid-state lithium-sulfur batteries that i...
A battery cathode in development in labs at the University of California San Diego has Wolverine-like self-healing properties. Better yet, the regener...
For years, researchers and clinicians thought that heart valve disease was simply more common in men than in women, but recent research has identified...
A team of researchers at UC San Diego may have unlocked the potential of solid-state lithium-sulfur batteries -- considered to be a lower cost alterna...
Iodine is an effective antiseptic treatment for small surface wounds, and grazes much beloved by generations of mothers. Stronger concentrations can a...