Synbio News

July 26, 2010

Exploring Algae as Fuel

New York Times

In a laboratory where almost all the test tubes look green, the tools of modern biotechnology are being applied to lowly pond scum. Foreign genes are being spliced into algae and native genes are being tweaked.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/26/business/energy-environment/26algae.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=sapphire%20energy&st=cse