The International Gene Synthesis Consortium (IGSC) is an industry-led group of gene synthesis companies and organizations formed to design and apply a common protocol to screen both the sequences of ...

Without proper guardrails in place, experts and governments worry, artificial intelligence (AI) could make it easier for more people to do harm with biology. Perhaps advanced chatbots could help ...

In Morro Bay, California, residents fear that a proposed battery storage facility for renewable energy could hurt tourism or ...

Tom Kariuki is the CEO for the Science for Africa Foundation, a pan-African, non-profit and public charity organisation that supports, strengthens, and promotes science and innovation in Africa.

Denis Chopera is the programme manager for the Leadership for African Research Networks (LEARN R&D), designed to cultivate a critical mass with science in Africa, at the SFA Foundation.

Denis Chopera is the programme manager for the Leadership for African Research Networks (LEARN R&D), designed to cultivate a critical mass with science in Africa, at the SFA Foundation.

Editor’s note: This article is part of a collection of expert commentaries. You can read the rest of the series here. The world is seeing an increase in disease outbreaks that underscore the critical ...

Pandemic hotspots are likely to be areas with below average levels of development, inadequate scientific infrastructure for disease surveillance, and poor governance over activities such as pathogen ...

The COVID pandemic illustrated the grave, global threat that a novel pathogen can pose. It also brought to the fore an ...