Next-biotics is Using Engineered Bacteria to Improve Food Production and Medicine

January 19, 2020 by Brian Wang

Startup next-biotics is using synthetic biology to drastically enhance bacteriophage stability and efficacy. Engineered biology allows them to efficiently destroy pathogens, enhance animal nutrition and promote animal health in an antibiotic free way. Their first product will be a feed additive for farmers to enhance animal nutrition and significantly reduce the use of antibiotics. Brian …

Rewritable Paper that uses light and no ink

October 15, 2017February 3, 2017 by Brian Wang

Developing efficient photoreversible color switching systems for constructing rewritable paper is of significant practical interest owing to the potential environmental benefits including forest conservation, pollution reduction, and resource sustainability. Here we report that the color change associated with the redox chemistry of nanoparticles of Prussian blue and its analogues could be integrated with the photocatalytic …