Eyes trained on the cells under his microscope, Gustavo Batista Menezes had more on his mind than just science. Menezes was using a specialized confocal microscope at the University of Calgary, Canada ...

Do-It-Yourself biotechnology, or DIY bio, evokes strong feelings, both for and against such activities. On one side is the argument that the proliferation has made sophisticated technology available ...

In biology, enzymes have evolved over millions of years to drive chemical reactions. Scientists have now derived universal rules to enable the de novo design of optimal enzymes. As an example, they ...

The story so far: Bio-based chemicals are industrial chemicals produced using biological feedstocks like sugarcane, corn, starch, or biomass residues, often through fermentation or enzymatic processes ...

Jeffrey Gardner receives funding from the US Department of Energy (DOE) and the state of Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO). When people hear about prospecting, they might imagine old ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — By combining artificial intelligence with automated robotics and synthetic biology, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have dramatically improved performance ...

New organic synthesis techniques and metabolic engineering methods often rely on the generation of enzymes with new catalytic activities. Cancer is a process of microevolution that selects for ...

Monrovia, CA, April 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, eXoZymes Inc. (NASDAQ: EXOZ) (“eXoZymes”) - a pioneer of AI-engineered enzymes that can transform sustainable feedstock into nutraceuticals, ...

The field of microbial enzyme research is rapidly evolving as biotechnology and industrial processes increasingly depend on the exploitation of microbial ...