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Acoustic “Invisible Tweezers” Traverse Biological Tissues to Trap and Manipulate Target Objects

Researchers headed by a team at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University have developed a robot-assisted surgical technique that uses acoustic vortex tweezers to capture and move small ...
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The Biological impact of pesticides in the environment a symposium assessing the significance of pesticides in relation to ecological problems and health James W. Gillett, editor

I. The transport and accumulation of pesticides in environments and ecosystems / Roy Hansberry, Chrm. -- Global distribution of pesticides / V.H. Freed -- Translocation of pesticides in the ...
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Biological control benefits and risks edited by Heikki M.T. Hokkanen and James M. Lynch

Preface: Overview of Benefits and Risks of Biological Control Introductions -- 1. Suppressiveness of Soils to Invading Micro-organisms / Claude Alabouvette and C. Steinberg -- 2. Biotechnology: ...
New Scientist

US military wants to grow giant biological structures in space

The US military is brainstorming ways to build large structures in space, from telescope antennas to elevator tethers. By growing these objects in microgravity using biological organisms, they hope to ...