Latin American researchers
are using gene editing to breed hardier varieties of staple crops and fruits, according to an Alliance for Science Live webinar.
Right: Researcher Claudia Stange/ChileBio
Among them are Claudia Stange Klein, a professor in the Department of Biology of the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Chile, who is currently using CRISPR to breed tomato and kiwi varieties that can tolerate drought and soil salinity. She is also editing apples to increase their nutritional profile with a higher content of carotenoids and resist the oxidation that causes browning after they are cut.
Paul Chavarriaga, leader of the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT’s) Genetic Transformation and Genome Editing Platform in Colombia, is focusing on improving rice, beans, cassava and cacao. The research on rice is intended to breed resistance to the white leaf virus, a very common disease in Latin America that kills the leaves of the plant and adversely affec
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Are you a bull or a bear? If you can’t access your data and money, do your sentiments about the market still matter?
I was recently asked about how software vulnerabilities in stock trading apps and platforms might put users’ finances and personal data at risk. Given the dependence of today’s societies and economies on technology along with the skyrocketing interest in day trading of late, it’s only natural that concerns about the increasing number and severity of security loopholes in all manner of software applications should rise in lockstep. And that’s on top of numerous other cyberthreats that require the continued attention of organizations and people, including those involved with stock trading.
Greece needs to
connectivity in order to emerge stronger from the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, according to tourism experts.
Speaking during the recent online 22nd Annual Capital Link – Invest in Greece Forum,
Alejandro Hernández-Puértola, founding partner and CEO of hospitality investment group HIP, said that
Greece offers many opportunities for investment in the hospitality segment.
“Greece is a very important tourism market in southern Europe, offering many opportunities to buy and transform hotels, bring new technologies and brands, and reposition hotels,” Hernández-Puértola said.
“The country is doing a very good job… Greece invests on reposititioning its hotels in order to increase the value of its existing infrastructure. I believe that
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A Q&A with security researcher Alejandro Hernández, who has unearthed a long list of vulnerabilities in leading trading platforms that may expose their users to a host of security and privacy risks
Much ink has been spilled on how the COVID-19 pandemic has shut down or disrupted many aspects of our lives. To some extent, however, it has also given us a sneak peek into the future, opening up new avenues of opportunity and shifting numerous developments that were already well under way into a higher gear. One notable example is the accelerated adoption of various digital banking and payment services. Electronic trading platforms – which give practically everybody the opportunity to strike it rich or go broke (or everything in between) almost in a flash – have been no laggards, either.