Biologists have discovered bacteria that use arsenic in photosynthesis. We’ve also found that those tricksy prions might actually be useful, after all.
We’re even contributing to the humanities: harnessing microorganisms to clean and preserve artwork. (Chemists, being philistines, would never do such a thing.)
And, of course, who are the people curing all your diseases? Biologists, of course. Researchers are engineering plants to produce anti-HIV protein.Beat that, robots.
And by "robots" I mean "chemists".
But biologists can't do this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7085092.stm
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Damn it, and here I was trying to help. Well, at least chemists are the only ones who can make photographs...oh, wait: http://www.utexas.edu/news/2005/11/23/nat_sci/
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