Each year, MIT Technology Review highlights some of the worst technologies, and among that list for 2023 is cultivated chicken.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology chemists hope to replace some chemical fertilizers with a more sustainable source — bacteria.
Researchers at MIT have come up with a promising process for protecting seeds from the stress of water shortage during their crucial germination phase.
Scientists at MIT have found that providing seeds with a protective coating could make it possible to grow crops in otherwise unproductive soils.
DuPont Pioneer and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have reached an agreement to jointly provide non-exclusive licenses to foundational CRISPR-Cas9 intellectual property under their respective control for use in commercial agricultural research and product development. These two major CRISPR-Cas9 license holders are coming together with the shared goal of enabling all entities wanting […]
Monsanto will have access to an updated genome-editing technology after signing a global licensing agreement with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard for the use of CRISPR-Cpf1 in agriculture. The CRISPR-Cpf1 system has potential to be a simpler and more precise tool for making targeted improvements in a cell’s DNA when compared to the […]