The presence of toxic chemicals in the marine environment has long been recognized as a potential threat to human health and to the health of the oceans. The oceans are the ultimate sink for many ...

Biotechnology is a multidisciplinary field that combines biology, chemistry, engineering, and technology to develop products and processes using living organisms, cells, or their components. It ...

Environmental biotechnology encompasses the integrated use of biological systems and processes to serve environmental protection, restoration and sustainable resource management. This field harnesses ...

Different industries have different motivations to probe the enormous resource that is uncultivated microbial diversity. Currently, there is a global political drive to promote white (industrial) ...

Biotechnology has been in use by humans for over 10,000 years. Ancient bioscience incorporated processes like fermentation and cross breeding, while contemporary biotech could design an altogether new ...

The D.E.S.I.G.N. for BioE3 Challenge invites school students across India to develop biotechnology-based solutions under the BioE3 policy framework. Open to Classes VI–XII, the initiative runs through ...

Biotechnology’s environmental benefits were detailed by Derek Osborn, from the BOC Foundation – a group that issues grants for environmental and sustainable technologies. He said innovative answers ...