Evolution more complex than ‘survival of the fittest’ had us believe
By re-barcoding the DNA of yeast, researchers were able to follow evolution for approximately 1,000 generations, finding surprises along the way.
Tags: science-technology dna evolution physics yeast organismic-and-evolutionary-biology alex-n-nguyen-ba barcoding ivana-cvijovic michael-desai
Yeast is getting a boost from solar power
Harvard researchers have started to combine bacteria with semiconductor technology that, similar to solar panels on a roof, harvests energy from light and, when coupled to the microbes’ surface, boosts their biosynthetic potential.
Tags: science-technology bioengineering john-a-paulson-school-of-engineering-and-applied-sciences seas daniel-nocera harvards-wyss-institute-for-biologically-inspired-engineering junling-guo miguel-suastegui neel-joshi solar-power yeast
Yeast is getting a boost from solar power
Harvard researchers have started to combine bacteria with semiconductor technology that, similar to solar panels on a roof, harvests energy from light and, when coupled to the microbes’ surface, boosts their biosynthetic potential.
Tags: science-technology bioengineering john-a-paulson-school-of-engineering-and-applied-sciences seas daniel-nocera harvards-wyss-institute-for-biologically-inspired-engineering junling-guo miguel-suastegui neel-joshi solar-power yeast
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