Biology at other schools may be considered traditional, but at RIT it’s anything but. Smartphones that monitor heart health via an ECG. Biodegradable plastics that don’t harm the environment. Urban ...

Wearing a tech-enabled device that can track your daily steps or keep track of your heartbeat during workouts has become something many of us take for granted. But we’re still on the forefront of ...

The story of Ginkgo Bioworks shows the challenges and progress in the emerging field of synthetic biology. The synthetic biology labs of Ginkgo Bioworks, which plans to go public on ...

We face two major threats today: one to the health of our planet and the other to our own. The U.N. says the global population will hit 9.7 billion by 2050, meaning more people consuming more natural ...

Digital networks have changed the world by integrating into almost every aspect of our lives, but they have yet to directly integrate with the biology around us. Cardea’s proprietary Biology-gated ...

EnginZyme's technology could dramatically reduce the equipment and energy costs of manufacturing by harnessing nature's ability to make chemicals, potentially transforming the trillion-dollar global ...

Imagine being able to use biological organisms as tiny machines to produce rare and complex chemicals faster and more efficiently with less waste, using a deliberate engineering process that enables ...

BioBits kits are designed to be used by students and teachers with no biological training. They use simple, hands-on experiments, to teach concepts of synthetic and molecular biology. Credit: Wyss ...

Syntax Bio, a synthetic biology company programming the next generation of cell therapies, today announced the publication of ...

In today’s rapidly evolving scientific landscape, eliminating barriers to progress is more critical than ever. Precision medicine and targeted therapies hold great promise but are dependent on the ...

We hope the things we make stay together. We prefer that our bridges never move, that our buildings don't sway, that our shoes remain sturdy. The highest compliment we might give to something we made ...