Studies of marine microfossils, known as conodonts, have allowed a team of researchers from Australia and China to map extreme global warming which coincided with the most severe mass extinction on Earth approximately 252 million years ago at the end of the Permian period. Read more in m.phys.org
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A company from Finland, Solar Foods, is planning to bring to market a new protein powder, Solein, made out of CO₂, water and electricity. Read more in weforum.org
An international team of researchers has created embryos containing both human and monkey cells, the Spanish newspaper El País reported July 31. Read more in the-scientist.com
The mutation introduced by Chinese scientist Jiankui He to the ‘CRISPR’ babies that sent shockwaves globally in 2018 has been associated with a 21% increase in mortality. Read more in biotechniques.com
National ‘green legacy’ initiative aims to reduce environmental degradation. Read more in theguardian.com
Scientists from the John Innes Centre and The Sainsbury Laboratory today joined colleagues from across Europe in calling for an urgent rethink of EU legislation on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). Read more in jic.ac.uk
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A study estimates that 0.15 percent of genetics articles are retracted, most commonly for duplication and plagiarism. Read more in the-scientist.com
A new study identifies the species of bacteria in the human infant gut that protect against food allergies, finding changes associated with the development of food allergies and an altered immune response. Read more in sciencedaily.com
The public health authority is asking countries to put a stop to any Crispr experiments that would lead to the birth of altered humans. Read more in wired.com