Sustainable Energy Reinventing Rice for a World Transformed by Climate Change UC Davis plant geneticist Pamela Ronald wants to create rice varieties that can survive in harsher conditions, including more frequent droughts. by James Temple 2017-05-04T13:01:00-04:00
Rewriting Life The Search for a Perfect Male Birth Control Pill Picking up a quest abandoned by Big Pharma, academic labs are using new technology to develop contraceptive drugs for men. by Emily Mullin 2017-03-03T00:00:00-05:00
Biotechnology The Extinction Invention A genetic technology that can kill off mosquito species could eradicate malaria. But is it too risky to ever use? by Antonio Regalado 2016-04-13T00:00:00-04:00
Rewriting Life Bacteria-Laden Mosquitoes May Be the Cheapest Way to Stop Dengue and Zika Some Latin American cities could soon begin releasing millions of mosquitoes developed with funding from Bill Gates. by Antonio Regalado 2016-02-26T00:00:00-05:00
Intelligent Machines Bill Gates: Software Assistants Could Help Solve Global Problems The founder of Microsoft says we have reached a “golden age” of computer science enabling more powerful assistant software. by Tom Simonite 2013-07-16T12:50:43-04:00