An international research team, including NREL scientists, has engineered an enzyme better at digesting some of the most commonly polluting plastics.
NREL researchers have pinpointed regions on enzymes that can be targeted via genetic engineering to help break down cellulose faster.
NREL researchers are discovering how a certain type of bacteria known as a methanotroph eats methane and converts it to valuable product precursors.
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