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Biography
Biography: an account of a person's life written by someone else, distinct from autobiography. Covers its ancient origins, life writing scholarship, memoir, ethics of privacy, and digital biography.
BioGRID
BioGRID (Biological General Repository for Interaction Datasets) is a public database of manually curated protein, genetic, and chemical interactions from model organisms and humans, with over 3 million interactions from ~88,800 publications, evidence codes, and PSI/MITAB downloads.
Biogroup
Biogroup is a French medical-biology laboratory group founded by biologist Stéphane Eimer in 1998 in Alsace, operating more than 900 sites across France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Spain, and Portugal.
Biohackers
Biohackers: people applying DIY biology, self-measurement, and technology to their own bodies, from community labs to longevity entrepreneurs like Bryan Johnson; also a cancelled German Netflix thriller series (2020-2021).
Biohaven Pharmaceutical
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd was a New Haven, Connecticut biopharmaceutical company founded in 2013 by Vlad Coric, best known for the migraine drug Nurtec ODT and acquired by Pfizer in 2022.
Biohazard (band)
Biohazard is an American hardcore/metal band formed in Brooklyn, New York, in 1987 (some sources say 1988), pioneers of fusing hardcore, metal, and hip-hop; known for Urban Discipline (1992), State of the World Address (1994), and the 2025 reunion album Divided We Fall.
Bioherbicide
Bioherbicides are weed-control agents whose active ingredient is a living microorganism (mycoherbicides when fungal) applied inundatively like chemical herbicides; first commercialized as DeVine (1981) and Collego (1982), with only a handful of registered products ever reaching lasting commercial success.
Biohumus
Biohumus (vermicompost, worm castings): organic material made by earthworms composting manure and organic wastes, used as soil conditioner and biostimulant; EU-listed pesticide active substance, not approved under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009.
Biohybrid artificial muscle
A biohybrid artificial muscle is living muscle tissue grown on a scaffold and combined with synthetic materials to act as a motor in robots or implants.
Biohybrid artificial photosynthesis
Biohybrid artificial photosynthesis, also called semi-artificial photosynthesis, is a research approach that couples biological catalysts such as enzymes and microbes with synthetic light absorbers to produce fuels.
Biohybrid catalysis
Biohybrid catalysis is a catalytic approach pairing biological components, such as enzymes, photosystems, or whole microorganisms, with synthetic ones like semiconductors and electrodes, aiming for selective catalysis under mild conditions.
Biohybrid robotic stingray
The biohybrid robotic stingray is a nickel-sized soft robot powered by about 200,000 rat heart muscle cells and steered by light, reported in Science in 2016.
Biohydrogen
Biohydrogen is hydrogen gas produced by living organisms or their enzymes rather than by industrial chemical processes, using pathways like biophotolysis, fermentation, and microbial electrolysis that can run on waste biomass.
BioID
BioID, or proximity-dependent biotin identification, is a method for mapping proteins near a chosen bait protein in living cells, introduced by Kyle J. Roux and colleagues in 2012.
Bioimpedance measurement
Bioimpedance measurement is a clinical diagnostic method that passes a small alternating current through the body to estimate body composition, fluid status, and tissue properties, used for over a century.
Bioimpedance spectroscopy
Bioimpedance spectroscopy (BIS) is a clinical measurement technique that passes low-intensity alternating currents through body tissue at many frequencies to estimate fluid distribution, total body water, and body cell mass.
Bioindicator
A bioindicator, or indicator species, is a living organism whose presence or response reveals the health of its environment, such as lichens signaling air pollution.
Bioinformatics
Bioinformatics is a scientific field that uses computing tools to gather, analyze, and share biological data like DNA sequences, supporting research into health and disease.
Bioinspiration & Biomimetics
Bioinspiration & Biomimetics is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal published by IOP Publishing since 2006, covering the study of biological principles and their application to engineering and scientific problems.
Bioinspired adhesives
Bioinspired adhesives are synthetic adhesive materials whose design copies living organisms, such as gecko toe pads and mussel glue, aiming for reversible, residue-free attachment and on-demand release.
Bioinspired catalysis
Bioinspired catalysis designs synthetic catalysts that borrow structural or mechanistic features from natural enzymes, aiming to reproduce enzyme-like efficiency using earth-abundant metals in robust materials easier to manufacture than proteins.
Bioinspired impact-resistant material
A bioinspired impact-resistant material is a synthetic material copying structural motifs from organisms like the mantis shrimp dactyl club and nacre to absorb impact energy.
Biointegrated laser
A biointegrated laser, or biolaser, is a laser in which biological material forms part of the gain medium or cavity, or a microlaser embedded inside a living cell.
BioIntelliSense, Inc.
BioIntelliSense, Inc. is a health monitoring company in Golden, Colorado, co-founded by David Wang and James Mault in 2018, known for the FDA-cleared BioButton wearable and BioDashboard software.
Biointron (上海百英生物科技股份有限公司) (百英生物)
Biointron (百英生物) is a Chinese contract research organization specializing in antibody discovery, optimization, and expression, founded in 2012 in Taizhou, headquartered in Shanghai, and listed on China's NEEQ since 2025.
BioInvent International AB
BioInvent International AB is a clinical-stage biotechnology company in Lund, Sweden, founded in 1996 from Lund University antibody research, developing immuno-modulatory antibodies for cancer therapy.
Bioko
Bioko, also known as Fernando Pó, is a volcanic island in the Gulf of Guinea belonging to Equatorial Guinea and situated 32 km southwest of Cameroon.
Biola University
Biola University, formerly Biola College and the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, is a private interdenominational Christian university in La Mirada, California, founded in 1908 in downtown Los Angeles.
Biolab
Biolab is a European Space Agency biological research facility in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station, launched aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis in February 2008.
Bioleaching
Bioleaching (microbial leaching): metal extraction from low-grade sulfide ores and wastes using acidophilic iron- and sulfur-oxidizing microbes such as Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, which regenerate ferric iron and sulfuric acid; thiosulfate and polysulfide pathways; heap, dump, and tank processes.