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Who trusts gene-edited foods? New study gauges public acceptance
Through CRISPR and other gene-editing technologies, researchers and developers are poised to bring dozens—if not hundreds—of…
Can beavers catch chronic wasting disease?
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is an infectious disease that affects the central nervous systems of animals,…
Climate change is shrinking and fragmenting salmon habitat
Salmon famously travel hundreds of miles upstream to reach their home waters to spawn, but climate…
New technology turns the whole fish into food
In the meat industry, it’s common practice to turn the whole animal into food products. In…
Flooding exacerbates pollution exposure in at-risk urban communities
Increased flooding in the U.S. is exposing more people to industrial pollution, especially in racially marginalized…
Wild tomato genome will benefit domesticated cousins
A team of researchers has assembled a reference genome for Solanum lycopersicoides, a wild relative of…
Examining heated tobacco product emissions
A new paper examining whether heated tobacco products emit smoke has been published in the academic…
Human urine-derived stem cells have robust regenerative potential
The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) researchers, who were the first to identify that…
Valleytronics researchers fabricate novel 2D material enjoying long-life excitons
The emerging field of valleytronics, which exploits the momentum preference of excited electrons, or excitons, in…