Guest post by Kalliopi Baritaki Cannabinoids are psychotropic substances found in cannabis plants. Their consumption activates the endocannabinoid system, considered to…

In April, iGEM announced two major changes in this year’s competition: teams will no longer need to physically submit their parts…

Written by Adam Amara The announcement of the first CRISPR gene-edited babies has sparked a major polemic in the scientific community…

I had the chance to attend a presentation from Frances Arnold last June, at the Metabolic Engineering 12 conference in Munich…

“The brain is wider than the sky— For put them side by side— The one the other will contain” —Emily Dickinson…

The brain is a complex and mysterious organ, which performs many functions and the proper functioning of this precious machine is important…

“Why do humans do science? Why do they do art? The things that are least important for our survival are the very…

Updated July 6: As FENS draws to a close, we thank everyone who came by our booth for literature, talked with our editors…

As the world’s population grows older, the burden of stroke continues to increase. Epidemiological data indicates that around 17 million people suffer…

“Why, this is very midsummer madness.” Shakespeare, Twelfth Night In the fast moving field of synthetic biology, things have been speeding up over the…

Could you image a world without sugar? A life without that spectacular sweet taste in your mouth? Sugar is something that we…

The UK’s first robotically-automated commercial ‘foundry’ for custom, genome-scale DNA synthesis and sequence validation has opened at Imperial College, London. Source: Imperial…