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lab grown chicken

Singapore is the first country in the world to approve cell-based meat, but that’s just one of the five reasons why the city-state is well-positioned to provide an enabling environment for food tech innovators to thrive.

26 Aug 2021

soybean field gmo crops

As food waste increases by 33 per cent in the next 10 years, current efforts should include tapping into recent technologies including the use of biotech tools, University of Illinois' Esther Ngumbi writes.

Solar panel biotech

Solar panels work best on sunny cloudless days and anything short of that decreases their efficiency. A new study finds how proteins involved in photosynthesis might be the solution to this problem.

radishes growing in soil

Food security for a rapidly growing global population is one of the biggest challenges of our time. One of the most powerful solutions to this issue could be in the ground beneath our feet.

28 July 2017

Papaya trees on a Hawaiian papaya farm

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5 January 2017

Women in the aftermath of the nepal earthquake of 2015

2 January 2017

US Department of Agriculture gene bank

5 December 2016

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8 June 2016

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29 July 2015

Pharmacy in India

11 March 2015

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The GMO dilemma

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Greening of manufacturing

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