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biotechnology

People in biosafety suits

Life

It's too easy for bioterrorists to access dangerous research

The systems designed to stop potentially risky research being published and used to make weapons of terror have “multiple shortcomings”, warns US report

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Radio powered by your own sweat hints at future of wearables 

Technology

Radio powered by your own sweat hints at future of wearables 

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E. coli bacteria

Life

Synthetic genes can make weird new proteins that actually work

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3D-printed bacteria could make bespoke graphene-like materials

Technology

3D-printed bacteria could make bespoke graphene-like materials

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Yeast cells

Life

Five designer chromosomes bring synthetic life a step closer

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A robot shakes hands with a human

Technology

UK announces extra funding for robotics and driverless cars

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great auk

Life

Resurrecting nature: Extinct is not forever

Features

Pink bacterium with purple background

Life

Electronic gene control could let us plug bacteria into devices

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Plane sprays crops

Life

Gene-silencing spray lets us modify plants without changing DNA

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A hand with a stretchy transitor tattooed on the knuckle of first finger

Technology

Transistor stretchier than skin for ultra-flexible wearable tech

A flexible transistor can stretch to twice its length without losing its conductive properties and could be used in electronic tattoo-style wearable sensors

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Humans

The world in 2076: Genetically engineered people are everywhere

Features

Life

The world in 2076: Human-made life forms walk the earth

Features

Life

Lightbulb made of modified E. coli fuses biology and electronics

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Technology

What can we 3D print? Everything! Here are 8 awesome examples

Features

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