Biotechnology
Biotechnology is the application of biological characteristics to make products or solve problems. For example, biotechnology is being applied to environmental processes where enzymes are used to manage toxic materials by either neutralising them or removing them.
Researchers are also applying the theories of biotechnology to the fields of architecture and construction by treating building structures as living organisms.
Biotechnology is defined in the Biodiversity: The UK Steering Group Report (1995–1999) Volume 1 and Volume 2 via the Joint Nature Conservation Committee as the "application of biological organisms or their products in industrial and chemical processes."
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