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Frances Arnold on directed enzyme evolution: random mutation plus smart screening, and why it changed enzyme engineering and ...

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Far beneath the surface of the ocean lies the largest and least explored habitat on Earth. The deep sea is cold, dark, highly ...

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Dr. Pam Marrone highlights "steady progress" for the ag biologicals market despite "global economic and political uncertainty ...

The idea of ‘biological agency’ — that life devises its own goals and behaves accordingly — complicates our understanding of ...