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Polish design student Roza Janusz has created Scoby, an eco-friendly alternative to plastic packaging that is easily grown with the same methods used to make kombucha...

A genetically engineered version of the fungus in your bread and beer could help clean up the environment. A team of seven scientists at institutions in Romania and Norway developed yeast that could clean up heavy metal pollution...

Bolt Threads, a purveyor of synthetic spider silk, has launched the world's first commercially available product made from the faux webbing. Engineered using proteins derived from yeast, the 100 percent Boltspun spider-silk...

Yeast photo from Shutterstock Who knew the secret to eternal youth could have been hiding in bread-rising yeast all this time? A team of researchers from Japan and New Zealand has found a way to double the lifespan of yeast...

If the Tin Man were looking for a modern heart instead of an oversized pocket watch, it might look a little something like this. Scientists at the University of West England in Bristol have fabricated a 3D-printed pump that...

In the hunt to replace petroleum, scientists are looking for more efficient ways to produce biofuels from organisms. A team of researchers at MIT have engineered yeast to manufacture the heavy alcohol isobutanol. Yeast normally...

Perfume bottles photo via Shutterstock Did you know that that bottle of pricey perfume sitting atop your dresser likely contains wale vomit? For centuries, designer perfume makers have used ambergris, a wax-like ingredient...