A University of Virginia researcher, working with a group under a government grant, is developing self-healing software that could find itself on the battlefield, in space, or on your laptop. Charles Fishburne has more in this WCVE Science Matters report.

A Presidential Commission studying the promise and perils of “synthetic biology,” has just released it first report recommending the US government take precautions to ensure that laboratory-based microbes do not cause unexpected catastrophe’s, but stopped short of recommending a moratorium. Charles Fishburne talks with a commission member in this Science matters report.

Teams of students in middle and high school will compete in the First Tech Challenge with robots they have built themselves at the Science Museum of Virginia this weekend. Charles Fishburne has more in this Science Matters report.

With the President’s new moratorium on offshore drilling, wind power advocates seized the opportunity to talk about their favorite renewable energy resource. Charles Fishburne has more in this Science Matters report.