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Posted in Plant Biotechnology on Apr 26th, 2008
Genetic modification (GM) is a revolutionary technology that allows scientists to transfer genes from one organism to another to improve the product. (more…)
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Posted in Plant Biotechnology on Apr 26th, 2008
Bioplastics are biodegradable and can be made from a wide range of different plants. In the future genetically modified plants will need less water and reduce the costs. Bioplastics has the potential to reduce the petroleum consumption for plastic by 15 to 20 percent in 2025. Improved technical properties and innovations open new markets and [...]
Posted in Bioenergy on Apr 26th, 2008
Turning jungle into savanna to grow biofuels is a terrible idea: A new study finds that by using corn for fuel in the U.S., we may increase greenhouse gases for the next 167 years.
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Posted in Nanotechnology on Apr 26th, 2008
The science of nanotechnology is already revolutionising the worlds of medicine and construction. Soon it could be doing the same for our food - but after the backlash against GM foods, says Steve Boggan, will the consumers swallow it?
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Posted in Cloning, Stem Cells on Apr 26th, 2008
In an essay in Sunday’s Outlook section, Dartmouth ethics professor Ronald Green asks us to consider a neo-eugenic future of “designer babies,” with parents assembling their children quite literally from genes selected from a catalogue.
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Posted in Bioenergy on Apr 26th, 2008
University of Maryland research that started with bacteria from the Chesapeake Bay has led to a process that may be able to convert large volumes of all kinds of plant products, from leftover brewer’s mash to paper trash, into ethanol and other biofuel alternatives to gasoline.
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Posted in Bioenergy on Apr 26th, 2008
Researchers have made a breakthrough in the development of “green gasoline,” a liquid identical to standard gasoline yet created from sustainable biomass sources like switchgrass and poplar trees.
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Posted in Bioenergy on Apr 26th, 2008
A photosynthetic cyanobacterium with chlorophyll (red) and the cellulose material (blue) it produced. A newly created microbe produces cellulose that can be turned into ethanol and other biofuels, report scientists from The University of Texas at Austin who say the microbe could provide a significant portion of the nation’s transportation fuel if production can be [...]
Posted in Bioenergy on Apr 26th, 2008
Biofuels seem to be reaching the headlines on an almost daily basis, with some activist groups touting their benefits as part of a planet-saving strategy for fossil fuel alternatives. Other groups, of course, point out that you don’t get something for nothing and that ravaging ecosystems in order to plant crops for conversion does not [...]
Posted in Plant Biotechnology on Apr 26th, 2008
Here at denialism blog, we’ve written a bit about so-called Morgellons syndrome. Every once in a while, when I tire of sanity, I scan the news for more Morgellons madness, and when it comes to madness, Mike Adams never disappoints.
In his latest foray into paranoid idiocy, he tries to link this non-existent [...]