Want a Diamond? You’ll Need to Decide on Lab-Grown or Natural.
Consumer misconceptions about diamonds can make the process of engagement ring shopping even more distressing.
You Can Now Buy Lab-Grown Foie Gras
At an upscale sushi bar in New York last week, a smattering of media and policy types chowed down on a menu of sushi rolls, peking duck tapas, and mushroom salad. But what made this menu unusual was the one ingredient that ran through the dishes—foie gras made from quail cells brewed in a bioreactor. […]
Bioprinting breakthrough uses acoustic waves to create lab-grown human tissue
Researchers often test experimental pharmaceutical therapies using lab-grown human tissues. Unfortunately, creating these materials can be complex and costly, leading many researchers to turn to alternative approaches such as 3D bioprinting—itself a slow, painstaking process. Now, however, a new printing system is showing promise for dramatically shortening the time needed to create lab-grade tissue samples. […]