After years of rapid growth, venture capital investments in green technology started shrinking in the fourth quarter of 2008 as the financial crisis took its toll, two new reports show…
Student participants in the 2008 International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition crafted biological "machines," or living organisms, using original combinations of DNA and other organic material to help tackle environmental and health problems.
Allegedly, thousands of Americans are "biohacking" to genetically engineer organisms in their living rooms or garages. One such experimenter is attempting to "rewire the DNA of yogurt bacteria so that they will glow green to signal the presence of melamine"...
The Synthetic Biology Project is being launched to identify gaps in our knowledge of the potential risks of the field, explore public perceptions towards it, and examine governance options that will both ensure public safety and facilitate innovation. Take the quiz! Winners Announced!
Barack Obama recently pledged to establish a $150 billion "Apollo project" for energy independence…
IF YOU THINK OF LIFE on Earth as a magnificent incarnation of natural technology, then life has the classic double-edged character of all powerful technologies…
In a technical tour de force with potentially profound implications for the study of emerging diseases, researchers have built the largest-ever self-replicating organism from scratch…
SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY. It sounds big and sweeping like synthetic chemistry, and it is…
Bay Area futurists and their fans are gathering Sunday in a coming-of-age celebration for the fledgling field of synthetic biology, which builds living entities from lifeless chemicals…
The Bay Area's latest motor fuel factory looks like a microbrewery run by Ph.D.s…
Drew Endy, a leading researcher in a new field called synthetic biology, gave a lecture at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine recently, explaining how researchers in this promising new field are shaping the future of life sciences…
Here's a reason to raise a pint; scientists at Rice University have created beer that could extend your life…
Mechanical engineers use off the shelf tools and components to create their products, and in Jay Keasling’s vision, genetic engineers will one day soon have similar resources at their disposal.
