biotechnology, definition of

Technology that use living organisms to produce products such as medicines, to improve plants or animals, or to produce microorganisms for bioremediation.

• Queensland-developed battery technology a potential game changer for energy industry
  A Brisbane company could change the face of Australia's energy landscape forever with an eco-friendly, carbon neutral cell that charges 70 times faster than a lithium ion battery and can be reused thousands of times.
• Cutting out carbon emitters with bioengineering at XTC Global Finals on July 22
  Bioengineering may soon provide compelling, low-carbon alternatives in industries where even the best methods produce significant emissions. Utilizing natural and engineered biological process has led to low-carbon textiles from AlgiKnit, cell-cultured...
• Looking forward: new technologies in the 2020’s
  The basis for this post is an article by Eli Dourado that I spotted on twitter: Notes on technology for the 2020’s. Will the new decade be the roaring 20’s or the boring 20’s?
• Synthetic biology startups are giving investors an appetite
  There’s a growing wave of commercial activity from companies that are creating products using new biological engineering technologies. Perhaps the most public (and tastiest) example of the promise biomanufacturing holds is Impossible Foods . The...
• VEnvirotech transforms organic waste into bioplastics
  After a year of testing out environmental technologies for a private company, co-founder Patricia Ayma developed a process for bioplastic production using bacteria...
• Through a new partnership and $72 million in funding, LanzaTech expands its carbon capture tech
  For nearly 15 years LanzaTech has been developing a carbon capture technology that can turn waste streams into ethanol that can be used for chemicals and fuel...
• Biotech company Nanollose could offer plant-free alternatives for the textile industry
  The clothing industry isn't generally known for its sustainability, but many brands are starting to turn to more environmentally friendly materials such as bamboo, organic cotton, or recycled plastic...
• Scientists harness tobacco plants to produce polio vaccine
  After all the poor health outcomes caused by tobacco over centuries, it's about time the plant started doing something good. Scientists in the United Kingdom have developed a technique to infect relatives of the tobacco plant with a virus containing the...
• Dewpoint fog catcher collects water molecules like cacti
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii_oMviF-b4 (Dewpoint starts at 1.09) Dewpoint is one of nine projects submitted to the inaugural Biodesign Challenge, which asked students to imagine future applications of biotechnology. Unsurprisingly, many of the designs...
• Scientists invent the world’s first microchip powered by biological systems
    Researchers at Columbia University have successfully created the world's first computer chip powered by an isolated chemical biological process. Natural systems emit enormous amounts of energy that is often underutilized, as in solar and wind....