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How biofuels from plant fibers could combat global warming
But corn is problematic as a biofuel source material. It's resource-intensive to grow, creates many environmental impacts, and is more useful as food.
Nature communications: From the plant to the microreactor
Carnosic acid is a natural antioxidant that is found in the leaves of rosemary and sage. It is used worldwide as a preservative and flavor in meat products,…
Lazy microbes are key for soil carbon and nitrogen sequestration
The world's soils store on the order of 2500 gigatons of carbon, which is three times the amount in the atmosphere (or equivalent to 9170 gigatons of CO2). Yet…
Worms hitch rides on slugs when traveling to far flung places
Slugs and other invertebrates provide essential public transport for small worms in the search for food, according to research published in the open access…
Industrial Age Helps Some Coastal Regions Capture Carbon Dioxide
Coastal portions of the world’s oceans, once believed to be a source of carbon dioxide (CO2) to the atmosphere, are now thought to absorb as much as two-thirds…
Bacteria like the taste of syngas
For the first time, Evonik Industries has managed to use biotech methods to convert syngas to pure 2-hydroxyisobutyric acid (2-HIBA) under industrial…