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Food From Thin Air: The Forgotten Space Tech That Could Feed Planet Earth

Forgotten for half a century, a microbial recipe for sustaining astronauts on long space missions might not only feed hundreds of millions of hungry people on Earth, but also hold the key to a truly carbon neutral...

SynBioBeta COVID-19 Town Hall #2: Building the synthetic biology tool stack for detecting SARS-CoV-2

The great digital shift: Where synthetic biology, biomanufacturing, and biopharma combine

There’s a great digital transformation at the heart of synthetic biology. Advances in lab automation, data processing, analytics, and more are converging to move ideas to market at unprecedented speed. Industries that...

NASA Is Quietly Funding This Project To Understand How Synthetic Biology Can Support Human Life In Space

With $15M Series A, Culture Biosciences Is Growing Cells In The Cloud

Meet The Companies Waging War On Sugar And Diabetes – With Synthetic Biology

By 2030, almost 400,000 Americans a year will die of diabetes – many of them unnecessarily. Synthetic biology companies are working hard to ensure that’s not the case. Here’s a look into the next generation of...

SynBioBeta COVID-19 Town Hall: How can synthetic biologists contribute to the response?

What squirrels can teach us about why, when, and how to use gene drives

As the last ice age drew to a close, red squirrels made Britain their home. They adapted to a changing landscape and thrived as the UK’s only squirrel species. That all changed in 1876 when grey squirrels were...

How industrial enzymes have changed your life in more ways than you know

Will Synthetic Biology Be In The Toolbox Of BP’s New Climate-Neutral CEO?

The New Space Race: Meet The Investors Building A New Space Settlement Industry

Fifty years have passed since Neil Armstrong stepped foot on the moon. That feat, and many other space milestones over the past half-century, were carried out by huge government projects, the US and Soviet Union chief...

As Coronavirus Spreads, House-bound Chinese Students Are Causing An Online Ed-Tech Boom

Bio-Nylon Is The New Green: How One Company Is Fermenting A $10 Billion Market

When we think of biotechnology, it’s easy to think just about pharmaceuticals. Even the broader term ‘bioeconomy’ may only bring to mind things like agriculture, forestry, and food. But the bioeconomy is best thought of...