Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin’s Marine Science Institute have discovered nearly two dozen new types of microbes, many of which use hydrocarbons such as methane and butane a... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Building a Better Biofuel: A New Carbon-Neutral Approach Turns Carbohydrates into Hydrocarbons When Randy Cortright of the University of Wisconsin found an aromatic fluid... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Synthetic biology has allowed scientists to tweak E. coli to produce fuels from sugar and, more sustainably, cellulose The bacteria responsible for most cases of food poi... Read more