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Possible Fix For Global Warming?

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Environmental Engineers Use Algae To Capture Carbon Dioxide
Engineers have designed a simple, sustainable and natural carbon sequestration solution using algae. A team at Ohio University created a photo bioreactor that uses photosynthesis to grow algae, passing carbon dioxide over large membranes, placed vertically [...]

Bioplastics Man

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Biochemist Oliver Peoples explains how his polymer-producing microbes could transform the plastics industry and why both oceans and landfills will benefit.
It’s difficult to exaggerate the ubiquity of plastics in our lives: from toothbrush bristles (polyamides) to computer keyboards (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) to water bottles (polyethylene), there is scarcely a thing we use that [...]

Possible Fix For Global Warming?

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Environmental Engineers Use Algae To Capture Carbon Dioxide
Engineers have designed a simple, sustainable and natural carbon sequestration solution using algae. A team at Ohio University created a photo bioreactor that uses photosynthesis to grow algae, passing carbon dioxide over large membranes, placed vertically to save space. The carbon dioxide produced by the [...]