Travelling to the sun: Why won’t Parker Solar Probe melt?
Reading Time: 6 minutesTHIS summer, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will launch to travel closer to the Sun, deeper into the solar atmosphere, than any mission before it. If Earth was at one end of a yard-stick and the Sun on the other, Parker Solar Probe will make it to within four inches of the solar surface. Inside that […]
10 ways CRISPR will revolutionise environmental science
Reading Time: 4 minutesBY JENNA GALLEGOS THE hot new gene editing technique CRISPR has been making headlines for its potential to treat or prevent diseases. But medicine isn’t the only science where CRISPR is opening doors. This powerful genetic engineering tool is already helping scientists develop technologies to protect or repair the environment from human harm. CRISPR: Not […]
Genome editing takes the podium at APEC Meet
Reading Time: 2 minutesBRISBANE: Eighteen APEC-member economies and five non-member economies met in Brisbane, Australia at the APEC High Level Policy Dialogue on Agricultural Biotechnology (APEC HLPDAB). The focus of the annual meet shifted this year to genome editing with the precision breeding technology set to revolutionise industries beyond agriculture, while regulatory cooperation was another key focus. Participants […]