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Andes releases nature-based, carbon-removing technology

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Carbon removal company, Andes, in partnership with EcoEngineers, has developed a carbon-removing technology that uses natural processes to remove and sequester carbon. The biotechnology captures and stores carbon permanently in soil, where it is then turned into nutrients naturally by microorganisms in plant roots.

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GAO Science and Tech Spotlight Describes Benefits of Synthetic Biology and Challenges Ahead

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GAO defines synthetic biology as “a multidisciplinary field of biotechnology that involves engineering the genetic material of organisms -- such as viruses, bacteria, yeast, plants, or animals -- to have new characteristics.”

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Solar energy is superior to nuclear for powering crewed mission to Mars, show scientists

Frontiers

Both Abel and Berliner are members of the Center for the Utilization of Biological Engineering in Space (CUBES), a project developing biotechnologies to support space exploration. For example, CUBES is focused on engineering microbes to make plastics from carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrogen or pharmaceuticals from CO2 and light.

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For the first time, genetically modified trees have been planted in a U.S. forest

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Living Carbon, a biotechnology company, hopes its seedlings can help manage climate change. Read the full story at Grist. But wider use of its trees may be elusive.

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Tiny sensor monitors organ oxygenation deep inside the body

Physics World

In their study, reported in Nature Biotechnology , the researchers showed how their device worked effectively when implanted into a sheep, giving similar readings to a wired probe but without requiring a direct connection. Measurements more than skin deep.

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Earth System Interventions for Sustainability

Legal Planet

In my research on solar geoengineering, carbon dioxide removal , and gene drives , I began to wonder whether these proposed technologies are–as many claim–fundamental breaks from past activities or merely additional points along a continuum, albeit somewhat further out.

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Fermentation turns greenhouse gases into useful chemicals

Physics World

According to the International Energy Agency, the chemical production sector is the single largest industrial consumer of oil and gas and the third-largest carbon emitter, putting out just short of a gigatonne of carbon dioxide emissions in 2020. kg of carbon dioxide, respectively. Production by fermentation.