The chemical industry primarily depends on fossil resources like crude oil to manufacture a range of chemicals, including ...

A U.S.-based biotechnology firm is using carbon-eating bacteria to turn emissions from steel mills, refineries, and other ...

Researchers at ETH Zurich have engineered bacteria in the laboratory to efficiently use methanol. The metabolism of these ...

Researchers transform bacteria to produce chemicals from renewable methanol, reducing reliance on fossil fuels ...

Methanol can be synthesised from carbon dioxide and water using renewable energy. When this green methanol is metabolised by ...

When fossil fuels such as natural gas or oil are extracted from ... The microbes that produce methane are archaea — ...

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Microbes are a kind of production platform into which biosynthesis modules can be inserted according to the “plug-and-play” ...

She and her team are looking for ways to reduce the chemical industry's dependence on fossil fuels. Bacteria that feed on methanol, known as methylotrophs, are at the centre of these efforts.