Biotechnology is being used to give plants new traits. Virginia Tech provides basic information about plant biotechnology and gives examples of its uses.

Big Picture’s NanoScience issue summarizes nanoscience and the issues around it. An excellent resource.

Nanotechnology has been the topic of intense media scrutiny over the last couple of years. From grey goo to body-repairing nanobots to space elevators to targeted drug delivery and nanoelectronics, the media has given its views on nanotechnology.

What do nanoscientists think of the way that the media has portrayed the field?

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by Patrick Thibodeau
ComputerWorld

The development of products that use nanotechnology is racing ahead of the understanding of their potential health and safety risks, according to Patrick lin, research director of The Nanoethics Group, which is assembling industry and academic representatives worldwide to examine ethical and social issues raised by the technology. (more…)

Scientific progress should not be used as justification to turn the environment into a giant genetic experiment by commercial interests, says Greenpeace. The biodiversity and environmental integrity of the world’s food supply is too important to our survival to be put at risk.