Biotech

And the benefits of two four-minute sessions persisted for hours

The first successful clinical test of optogenetics lets a person see for the first time in decades, with help from image-enhancing goggles

Club-goers in the island city-state take first bites of slaughter-free chicken nuggets grown in bioreactors

Hopes were high for drugs designed to lower levels of a mutant protein, but development has stalled

Optogenetics could aid vision, blood glucose, and more

The system could someday provide fast results at a crime scene

Next-generation COVID-19 vaccines will not only tackle different versions of the virus but will provide solutions across the world at a fraction of the cost

Organoids made of tear-producing cells offer chances to study, and possibly treat, eye disorders

Researchers are training algorithms to emulate trained dogs’ ability to detect cancer and other diseases, perhaps including COVID-19

Scientists make and treat a 3-D-printed model of a ballooning blood vessel

Scientific American and the World Economic Forum sifted through more than 75 nominations for the most innovative and potentially game-changing technologies in 2020. The final top 10 span the fields of medicine, engineering, environmental sciences and chemistry. And to win the nod, the technologies must have the potential to spur progress in societies and economies by outperforming established ways of doing things. They also need to be novel (that is, not currently in wide use) yet likely to have a major impact within the next three to five years. Here’s your guide for the (hopefully) near future. 

Read the full report here.

An experiment stimulates monkeys’ brain to generate shape perceptions