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Rep. Salud Carbajal said he led a measure in the bill requiring the chief of Space Operations to report to Congress on the Range of the Future and how Vandenbergs infrastructure needs will be addressed.

Share Synthetic biology offers a way to engineer cells to perform novel functions, such as glowing with fluorescent light when they detect a certain chemical. Usually, this is done by altering cells so they express genes that can be triggered by a certain input.   However, there is often a long lag time between an event such as detecting a molecule and the resulting output, because of the time required for cells to transcribe and translate the necessary genes. MIT synthetic biologists have now...

From biofuels and other commodity chemicals to methane production, genomic study peers into the mysteries of a goat's gut By Sonia Fernandez Santa...

 E-Mail Michelle OMalley(link is external) has long been inspired by gut microbes. Since she began studying the herbivore digestive tract, the UC Santa Barbara chemical engineering professor has guided several students to their doctoral degrees, won early and mid-career awards (including a recognition from President Obama), attained tenure and advanced to the position of full professor. She even had three children along the way. A constant through it all: goat poop. "This has been the longest ...