Pandora shuns diamond mines for lab-grown gems

Pandora shuns diamond mines for lab-grown gems because they are cheaper and more sustainable By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 23:39 BST, 4 May 2021 | Updated: 23:39 BST, 4 May 2021 Pandora is to only sell diamonds that have been made in laboratories – because they are cheaper and more sustainable.  Boss … Read more

Fully-formed tables and chairs made from lab-grown wood

Fully-formed tables and chairs made from lab-grown wood could help slow deforestation, scientists claim.  Experts at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created structures made of plant cells in a lab, much like fake meat that’s grown from animal cells. The cells are harvested from leaves of the zinnia plant, native to Southwestern US and South … Read more

Fake meat: Lab-grown ‘chicken’ to go on sale in Singapore after world-first regulatory approval 

Restaurants in Singapore will be the first in the world to serve up lab-grown ‘chicken’, after the slaughter-free meat received regulatory approval. US start up Eat Just revealed today that its artificial meat has been given the green-light in the Southeast Asian island city-state to be an ingredient in chicken nuggets.  As the world turns to … Read more

Environment: Three-quarters of Gen Z ‘are disgusted by lab-grown meat’ and say they would NOT eat it

Almost three-in-four members of Australia’s Gen Z are ‘disgusted’ by the idea of lab-grown meat and said they would not eat it instead of animal products, a study found. Synthetic, lab-grown — or ‘cultured’ — meat is grown in dishes from samples of real animal cells, instead of being sourced from the slaughter of livestock. … Read more

Startup gets $20million funding to make lab-grown seafood as an alternative to commercial fishing

Lab-grown fish is real: San Diego start-up gets $20million in funding to develop yellowtail derived from muscle tissue cells taken from real fish BlueNalu is a San Diego startup that makes lab grown seafood The company says its products are ethical and sustainable alternatives to commercial fishing, and are made from real fish muscle tissue … Read more