European Conference on Synthetic Biology (ECSB):

Design, Programming and Optimisation of Biological Systems
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Danger Room Whats next in National Security

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Newest column of mine NBICS, Cultural Identity and Diversity, and the CBD

NBICS, Cultural Identity and Diversity, and the CBD
this is the second part on the convention on biological diversity CBD
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Removing bad memory?

Brunet A, Orr SP, Tremblay J, Robertson K, Nader K, Pitman RK.
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New recipe for sustainability: stem-cell burgers

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Robotic flies are future spies

Robotic Insect Takes Off
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Making Gasoline from Bacteria

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The biofuel of the future could well be gasoline. That’s the hope of one biotech startup that on Monday described for the first time how it is coaxing bacteria into producing hydrocarbons that could be processed into fuels like those made from petroleum.

LS9, a company based in San Carlos, CA, and founded by geneticist George Church, of Harvard Medical School, and plant biologist Chris Somerville, of Stanford University, had previously said that it was working on what it calls “renewable petroleum.” But at a Society for Industrial Microbiology conference on Monday, the company began speaking more openly about what it has accomplished: it has genetically engineered various bacteria, including E. coli, to custom-produce hydrocarbon chains.

Nanotechnology Legislation Introduced

Today, Mike Honda (D-San Jose) introduced HR 3235, the Nanotechnology Advancement and New Opportunities (NANO) Act, comprehensive legislation for nanotech development in the US.
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