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New device can detect airborne virus particles that cause COVID-19, says maker

Physics World

The device is currently used by the US government and commercial companies such as couriers. Smiths Detection developed their BioFlash Biological Identifier over 10 years ago to detect toxins such as ricin and pathogens like the anthrax bacterium. Jellyfish genes. Confirming virus mitigation.

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Inspiring the next generation in STEM, Frontiers sponsors Potenti’elle en Science event

Frontiers

Included among the fields represented are pharmaceutical and biotechnology, academia, and non-government organizations (NGOs). During the three-hour event, students ranging from 8 to 18 years old will hear from keynote speakers and participate in dedicated workshops for each age group led by women currently working in STEM fields.

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Dr. Marlen Vasquez – We have overcome the most challenging issues, now we need to speed up the process #WomeninScience

Frontiers

You’re an academic now, but you have also worked as a secondary school teacher, a health inspector and a researcher in the government. This action aims to develop the growing marine biotechnology field sustainably and responsibly. Looking back on it now, I totally agree with him.”.

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Earth System Interventions for Sustainability

Legal Planet

As a scholar of governance, I see that these new ESIs tend to share some social, political, and ethical challenges: The goal of environmental governance : Are they to restore pre-industrial conditions as much as possible, to help humanity sustainably thrive, to compensate for past wrongs, or something else?

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Canada to Recognize Right to a Healthy Environment

Manning Law

The Government of Canada announced today that it will modernize the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA) and, in so doing, will recognize Canadians’ right to a healthy environment. In Canada, jurisdiction to regulate the environment is shared between the provinces and the Federal Government.

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GAO Science and Tech Spotlight Describes Benefits of Synthetic Biology and Challenges Ahead

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Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a “Science & Tech Spotlight” on synthetic biology on April 17, 2023. Synthetic biology holds the potential to help diagnose and treat diseases, improve industrial processes, and address some environmental challenges; More equitable access to biotechnology. Hutton The U.S.

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DOD Publishes Biomanufacturing Strategy and RFI on Biomanufactured Products and Process Capabilities

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Hutton As part of the National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative, the U.S. The core of the DOD Biomanufacturing Strategy is a culture shift throughout DOD that both recognizes and prioritizes, where applicable, biotechnology-based solutions to prevent strategic surprise. Bergeson and Carla N. innovators.