6 August 20219 September 2021 €1 Million Prize for Plastics-to-Protein Research Awarded to Steve Techtmann, Ting Lu Steve Techtmann has won the 2021 Future Insight Prize — awarded to innovative research in health, nutrition and energy — for his food generator concept
3 February 202029 January 2020 Scientists create monstrous ‘living concrete’ that regenerates itself Researchers at the University of Colorado have discovered how to concoct a remarkably durable material that captures and reproduces carbon using crystallized minerals deposited via photosynthetic cyanobacteria
8 October 20194 October 2019 Can We Redesign The Modern City With Synthetic Biology? Could We Grow Our Houses Instead Of Building Them? Incorporating living organisms into our existing construction methods— is already underway
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11 February 201610 February 2016 Amyris Launches Pathways Program Low-cost, low-risk opportunity to access Amyris’s synthetic biology technology
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