The latest short science news items from C&EN. The new technique, which relies on chemical catalysts and a curated combination of natural and engineered enzymes, converts CO 2 to starch 8.5 times as ...
Can Baysal, Wenshu He, Margit Drapal, Gemma Villorbina, Vicente Medina, Teresa Capell, Gurdev S. Khush, Changfu Zhu, Paul D. Fraser, Paul Christou Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of ...
Two new studies found that ancient human ancestors carried a surprising diversity of genes for amylase, an enzyme that breaks down starch. By Carl Zimmer As soon as you put starch in your mouth — ...