David Mullin, a Tulane microbiologist is collecting manure from giraffes and other exotic ruminants at Audubon Zoo, a few blocks from his laboratory.
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Producing Low Cost Biofuels From Bacteria That Is More Commercially Viable
Researchers have developed a process in producing low cost, renewable biofuels from bacteria. They have reprogrammed photosynthetic microbes to secrete high-energy fats, making byproduct recovery and conversion to bio-fuels easier and potentially more commercially viable.
Survey Discovers How Complex And Enormous Marine Life Underneath The Sea
A survey has been set out to find the unexplored depth of the ocean, of what it is in store for there now and in the future.
Seabed Creatures That Thrive On Petrochemicals
There’s an interesting discovery by oceanographers a bizarre ecosystems luxuriant with clams, mussels and big tube worms in the deep seabed where it was once thought an underwater lifeless desert, a dark abyss deprived of sunlight.
Organic Farming Can Ease Climate Change
New Studies from the US and Europe confirmed that organic farming can help mitigate global warming.