Trees are the most abundant natural resource living on Earth's land masses, and North Carolina State University scientists and engineers are making headway in finding ways to use them as sustainable, environmentally benign alternatives to producing industrial chemicals from petroleum.
  • I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org
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    1 month ago

    That’s really cool. Making the wood soft enough (low lignin) for microbes to readily digest it instead of needing engineered enzymes means it will be easier to create a continuous process with higher output.