Dublin, Ireland

Biotechnology

Language: English Studies in English
Subject area: engineering and engineering trades
University website: www.ucd.ie/
Biotechnology
Biotechnology is the use of living systems and organisms to develop or make products, or "any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use" (UN Convention on Biological Diversity, Art. 2). Depending on the tools and applications, it often overlaps with the (related) fields of bioengineering, biomedical engineering, biomanufacturing, molecular engineering, etc.
An EU-funded project developed an innovative thermal process to turn waste tyres into energy and ceramic materials.
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