Taking Inspiration from Plants to Prevent Mold from Ruining Crops
Olga Dubey founded the Swiss startup Agrosustain with the intention to bring forth a natural…
30/05/2019 - 4 minutes
Agriculture
This Biotech Uses Gene Editing to Count Chickens Before They Hatch
In the city of Jerusalem, eggXYt is developing gene edited chickens whose male chicks fluoresce…
24/05/2019 - 3 minutes
Israeli Startup Raises €11M to Become the First to Sell Lab-Grown Steaks
Aleph Farms has closed a Series A round of €10.7M ($12M) to beef up its…
16/05/2019 - 2 minutes
Molecules in Bee Jelly Could Protect Whole Nests Against Viruses for Generations
A research team has discovered that honeybees pass molecules of RNA to each other by…
06/05/2019 - 2 minutes
Viruses Evolve to Defeat CRISPR-Cas9 in Genetically-Modified Plants
Researchers found that viral pathogens can quickly evolve to overcome transgenic cassava plants expressing the…
29/04/2019 - 2 minutes
This Biotech Fertilizes Crops with Little Microbe Capsules
We’re zooming over to France this week. The biotech Kapsera makes capsules of microbes that…
19/04/2019 - 3 minutes
French Company to Open Biggest Insect Farm in the World
A Series C round of €110M ($125M) -- the largest ever for agriculture technology outside…
22/02/2019 - 2 minutes
This Biotech Uses Genomics to Breed Super Peas
This week’s biotech, Equi-Nom, is based in Israel. With its genomics and computer modeling technology,…
08/02/2019 - 4 minutes
ExxonMobil Recruits Swiss Company to Make Biofuels
The Swiss biofuels company Clariant is joining up with US companies ExxonMobil and the Renewable…
24/01/2019 - 2 minutes
Brewing Pheromones for Pest Control
Harmful pesticides on your food may be less of a worry in the future, as…
17/09/2018 - 2 minutes
Novozymes Releases Enzyme That Helps Chickens Better Absorb Food
Novozymes has released a new enzyme that breaks down bacterial cell debris in the gut…
14/09/2018 - 2 minutes
Cassava Plants Gene Edited Using CRISPR to Produce Waxy Starch
A team of European researchers applied CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology to engineer cassava plants that…
05/09/2018 - 3 minutes
