Higher yields, greater resilience to climatic changes or diseases—the demands on crop plants are constantly growing. To ...

Across the globe, soil compaction is becoming an ever more serious challenge. Heavy vehicles and machinery in modern ...

EU lawmakers have been locked in intense negotiations for months on loosening rules on the use of new genetic technologies in ...

Gene-edited crops are no safer than GMOs, and fast-tracking regulatory approval could trigger a costly backlash.

Genetic engineering is moving from the lab bench into clinics, farms, and even family planning decisions, promising to change ...

On top of improving crop yield and safeguarding the livelihood of many farmers, gene editing research has helped scientists ...

Europe’s firewall against genetic modification gets a major crack with a new deal on gene-edited crops. Crops tailor-made using new gene-splicing techniques should face fewer regulations than ...

All the cells in an organism have the exact same genetic sequence. What differs across cell types is their epigenetics-meticulously placed chemical tags that influence which genes are expressed in ...

Plants have developed an extraordinary ability to synthesize a diverse array of secondary metabolites. These compounds are ...

Technologies needed for tracing engineered biothreats back to their sources are advancing rapidly. Here are some ...