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nanotechnology…

A big step closer to nanoscale assembly

One of the key steps in the development of molecular-scale assembly is the creation of similarly-sized assembly tools that have sufficient accuracy and reproducibility to place atoms in exactly where…

cryptography…

Hack the Genome Shmoocon Presentation

Had a bunch of really interested folks at the "Hack the Genome, the age of biomolecular cryptography" talk today at Shmoocon. Lots of fantastic ideas and great discussions afterwards with…

Hurricane hackers!

Interesting article over at the New Scientist about the possibility of using supersonic jet fighters to neutralize hurricanes. The concept depends on our understanding of hurricanes as delicately-balanced dynamic systems…

Yeast engineered to produce new fuel source – still some hacking left to do!

There has been some significant progress in engineering our favorite yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, (brewer's yeast!) to produce n-Butanol rather than ethanol. This is particularly interesting from a fuel production standpoint,…