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Biotechnology News

Biotechnology

 
Biotechnology includes any technique or technological application that uses biology or living organisms to create or modify products and processes of food production, sustainable agriculture, fisheries and forestry. This includes recombinant DNA technology, transgenic crops and animals, genetically modified (GM) foods, biopharmaceuticals, bioremediation and more. (Source: USDA, Photo: Flickr)

Articles about Biotechnology

  • World's first DNA factory gets underway

    Fri, Jul 23 2010 at 8:11 PM

    Facility makes DNA parts for biologists to use in experiments.

  • Congress hears benefits of synthetic biology

    Thu, May 27 2010 at 3:52 PM

    The researchers, an ethicist and members of Congress agreed the technology does not pose immediate environmental, security or ethical concerns.

  • A step to artificial life: Man-made DNA powers cell

    Thu, May 20 2010 at 2:34 PM

    The research could eventually lead to new fuels, better ways to clean polluted water and faster vaccine production.

  • Scientists create nanoscale robot spiders from DNA molecules

    Fri, May 14 2010 at 3:03 AM

    Although nanorobots made of DNA have been developed before, these spiders can move over greater distances and follow complex commands.

  • Lightning-powered mushrooms could boost food yields

    Fri, Apr 09 2010 at 11:20 PM

    New research reveals that mushrooms and some vegetables can multiply rapidly when struck by lightning.

  • Scientists mimic photosynthesis to create new 'solar fuel'

    Fri, Mar 19 2010 at 6:02 AM

    Sunlight in the form of fuel? A breakthrough new discovery brings science one step closer to creating clean hydrogen fuel using only water and sunlight.

  • Creature that weaves underwater silk enlisted to suture surgical wounds

    Tue, Mar 02 2010 at 4:30 AM

    Scientists are beginning to unravel the mystery of how caddisfly silk stays sticky underwater, and it could lead to the development of a wet Band-Aid.

  • New material traps radioactive waste like a Venus flytrap

    Mon, Mar 01 2010 at 9:17 PM

    Chemical material could speed clean-up at power plants by snapping its jaws at radioactive waste, leaving nontoxic byproducts alone.

  • Flightless mosquitoes may prevent disease

    Mon, Feb 22 2010 at 10:07 PM

    Scientists genetically engineer a new strain of female mosquitoes that cannot fly, hoping the handicap will curb dengue fever outbreaks.

  • Scientists grow bacon from stem cells

    Mon, Jan 18 2010 at 6:53 AM

    A new technique that turns pig stem cells into strips of meat could offer a green alternative to the slaughterhouse and help end hunger.

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