Researchers push nature beyond its limits to create higher-density biofuels
Friday, December 19, 2008 - 07:42
in Biology & Nature
For the first time, researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have successfully pushed nature beyond its limits by genetically modifying Escherichia coli, a bacterium often associated with food poisoning, to produce unusually long-chain alcohols essential in the creation of biofuels...