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Biden Administration Announces 31 Regional Innovation and Technology Hubs

Nanotech

On October 23, 2023, the Biden Administration announced the designation of 31 communities across the United States as Regional Innovation and Technology Hubs (Tech Hubs) through the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration.

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Inspiring the next generation in STEM, Frontiers sponsors Potenti’elle en Science event

Frontiers

It is designed to inspire young girls to learn more about careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Included among the fields represented are pharmaceutical and biotechnology, academia, and non-government organizations (NGOs). billion times, reflecting the power of research that is open for all.    

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DOD Publishes Biomanufacturing Strategy and RFI on Biomanufactured Products and Process Capabilities

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Hutton As part of the National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative, the U.S. As reported in our March 30, 2023, blog item , on March 22, 2023, DOD released its Biomanufacturing Strategy to guide these investments, and its broader efforts in this critical technology field. global competitiveness in biotechnology is maintained.

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Earth System Interventions for Sustainability

Legal Planet

Importantly (and often misunderstood), he meant not that we are gods, but instead that technologies have given humanity powers that had previously been exclusive to the gods. I thus wrote the paper “ Earth System Interventions as Technologies of the Anthropocene ,” which was published (open access!)

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GAO Publishes Science & Tech Spotlight on Biorecycling of Plastics

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Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a Science & Tech Spotlight on biorecycling of plastics. Biological recycling, or biorecycling, is an emerging technology that uses microbes, such as bacteria or fungi, to break down plastic into its basic components for reuse. Bergeson and Carla N. On November 21, 2022, the U.S.

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'Badly Broken' Bayer postpones split to improve performance

Corp Watch

Corporation Bayer Image Image Products pharmaceuticals, v eterinary drugs, diagnostic imaging, general and specialty medicines, women's health products, over-the-counter drugs, pesticides, seeds, plant biotechnology. Application of Biotechnology for Functional Foods (Pew Initiative on Food & Biotechnology, May 2007). June 2007).

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Dr. Marlen Vasquez – We have overcome the most challenging issues, now we need to speed up the process #WomeninScience

Frontiers

This week, Freya Wilson talks to Dr. Marlen Vasquez, an environmental toxicologist at the Cyprus University of Technology. From my early years in the Dominican Republic, science and technology were always around me. I am Vice Chair of the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action ‘Ocean4Biotech’.