Scientific advances over the past several decades have accelerated the ability to engineer
existing organisms and to potentially create novel ones not found in nature. Synthetic …

Risk perception, literacy, communication, narrative, governance, and education are
important aspects of emergency and disaster management, preparedness, and planning …

Various emerging technologies challenge existing governance processes to identify,
assess, and manage risk. Though the existing risk-based paradigm has been essential for …

Synthetic biology is an emerging technology with potential benefits to various fields, yet also
contains potential risks to human and environmental health. The field remains in an …

We present an analysis on the uptake of open access on COVID-19 related literature as well
as the social media attention they gather when compared with non OA papers. We use a …

Advances in biological sciences have outpaced regulatory and legal frameworks for
biosecurity. Simultaneously, there has been a convergence of scientific disciplines such as …

This year marks the Eighth Review Conference (RevCon) of the Biological Toxins and
Weapons Convention (BWC). At the same time, ongoing international efforts to further and …

Regulation of rapidly developing changing policy areas is a well-known challenge for any
government. It can involve balancing factors from elite factional politics to development …

The goal of engineering the microbiome of the built environment is to create places and
spaces that are better for human health. Like other emerging technologies, engineering the …

To date, there has been little published work that has elicited diverse stakeholder views of
nano-agrifoods and of how nano-agrifoods align with the goals of responsible innovation …