Synthetic biology: Where are we now and where are we going?

12 December 2018 by Jonny Hazell, Senior Policy Adviser, Wellbeing

The Royal Society, the Wellcome Trust and the African Academy of Sciences co-hosted a side event on synthetic biology at…

AI in health and care: delivering novel therapies in the 21st century

26 November 2018 by Jessica Montgomery, Senior Policy Adviser

From genomics, to digital technologies, and gene-editing to stratified medicine, a range of emerging technologies promise revolutions in the design…

From geoengineering to gene drives: move over, moratoria

16 November 2018 by Emma Woods, Head of Policy, Wellbeing

Around this time six years ago I was in Hyderabad in India getting to grips with moratoria. Back then conversations…

Can we use science to better manage our land?

15 October 2018 by Timothy Rees Jones

The recently published Agriculture Bill represents a major opportunity to ensure a sustainable, productive and environmentally conscious future for how…

Ammonia – why the big stink?

17 September 2018 by Sarah Giles, Hadeel Tabaqchali, Sue Guthrie and Catriona Manville

Today, the Royal Society and RAND Europe have published an evidence synthesis on ‘The impact of ammonia emissions from agriculture…