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MIT Researchers Harness Viruses to Split Water

MIT Researchers Harness Viruses to Split Water

A team of researchers at MIT has just announced that they have successfully modified a virus to split apart molecules of water, paving the way for an efficient and non-energy intensive method of producing

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Researchers Generate Biofuel from Tuberculosis Bacteria

Researchers Generate Biofuel from Tuberculosis Bacteria

Dangerous bacteria — is there anything it can’t do? First we learned that scientists at Birmingham University are using E.Coli to clean up nuclear waste, and now comes word that MIT

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Scientists Develop Plastic-Producing Bacteria

Scientists Develop Plastic-Producing Bacteria

Scientists at Genomatica Inc. recently announced that they have developed strains of bacteria that are able to produce plastic without the use of oil or natural gas. The sustainable process utilizes

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Metabolix Grows Bioplastics in Switchgrass

Metabolix Grows Bioplastics in Switchgrass

Bioplastics are becoming a burgeoning industry as the cost of oil climbs and the disastrous nature of petroleum-based plastics is revealed in full effect. This past Monday Metabolix announced an

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MICKEY MOUSE SUSTAINABLE FARMING at Disney EPCOT

MICKEY MOUSE SUSTAINABLE FARMING at Disney EPCOT

(EPCOT agriculture intern shows off specially grown Mickey-shaped pumpkin) Anyone who’s ever been to Florida has probably visited Walt Disney World, and if you have – you’ve hopefully

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MICKEY MOUSE ECO FARMING at Disney’s EPCOT Center

MICKEY MOUSE ECO FARMING at Disney’s EPCOT Center

(EPCOT agriculture intern shows off specially grown Mickey-shaped pumpkin) Anyone who’s ever been to Florida has probably visited Walt Disney World, and if you have – you’ve hopefully

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