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The Download: the problem of plastic, and how AI could boost batteries

The Download: the problem of plastic, and how AI could boost batteries

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Think that your plastic is being recycled? Think again. The problem of plastic waste hides in plain sight, a ubiquitous part of our lives we rarely question. But a closer examination of the […]

The Download: gene-edited chickens, and China’s green companies

The Download: gene-edited chickens, and China’s green companies

The news: Gene editing could help prevent chickens from catching and spreading bird flu, new research suggests.  How they did it: Researchers used the gene-editing tool CRISPR to alter the DNA of 10 chickens to resist the bird flu virus and then exposed all of them to a low dose of it. Only one of […]