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2020-12-26

3 scenarios for how bioengineering could change our world in 10 years

Bioengineering is a discipline that applies engineering design and principles to biological systems. Some examples of this fusion are artificial organs or limbs, the genetic synthesis of new organisms, gene editing, the computerized simulation of surgery, medical imaging technology and tissue/organ regeneration. Like any other technology, bioengineering has damaging potential, whether it be through misuse, […]

Article posted by Michael Krakowiak / Articles, CACOR Groups / bioengineering, biotechnology, Scenarios Leave a Comment

2017-11-25

Life goes deeper

The Earth is not a solid mass of rock: its hot, dark, fractured subsurface is home to weird and wonderful life forms The living landscape all around us is just a thin veneer atop the vast, little-understood bulk of the Earth’s interior. A widespread misconception about the deep subsurface is that this realm consists of […]

Article posted by John Verdon / Articles, CACOR Values / biotechnology, Deep Biology, Microbial life Leave a Comment

2017-08-06

Programming cells with computer-like logic

Novel RNA nano-devices in living cells can sense and analyze multiple complex signals for future synthetic diagnostics and therapeutics The frontier of biology, DNA and computation is developing at an accelerating rate – the future of computation is deeply entangled with the mind-machine interface and even integration – the boundaries between technology biology are blurring. […]

Article posted by John Verdon / Articles, CACOR Values / biotechnology, Complexity, Computational Biology, Digital Ecologies, Digital Environment, Domesticating DNA, values Leave a Comment

2016-12-23

Biochemist creates CO2-eating light that runs on algae

Our atmosphere is filling up with CO2 and we seem to be the major cause of that. The generally accepted solution seems to be cutting back on emissions as quickly as possible, but implementing such cuts is problematic because everyone has to agree to do more, which essentially ends up costing a lot of time […]

Article posted by Art Hunter / Articles, Solutions, Technology / biotechnology, carbon dioxide, climate change, Remove CO2, Sustainability Leave a Comment

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