A centre of excellence for crop biotechnology is set be established to develop and deploy disease-resistant seeds under a new five-year project, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal ...

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Since humanity's first steps on the moon, the aspiration to extend human civilization beyond Earth has been a central ...

Microbial communities, like those in the human gut, act as powerful engines that drive the evolution and spread of ...

It seems like China tried for 40 years and has finally succeeded in what seems like the biggest transformation in history. In ...

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New research reveals that sorbitol, a common sugar alcohol used in “low-calorie” foods, can behave much like fructose once ...

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Another winter, another warning of a crisis set to engulf the NHS. These day it’s either attributed to doctors’ strikes or ...

Small, cancer-associated DNA circles "hitchhike" on chromosomes during cell division to spread efficiently to daughter cells ...