Biotechnology Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 29 Dec 2015 20:30:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 The First Biologically Powered Microchip is Here https://www.greenoptimistic.com/biologically-powered-microchip/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/biologically-powered-microchip/#respond Tue, 29 Dec 2015 20:26:29 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=58480 Bio-technology has made a huge stride forward. Microchips are everywhere, from in our computers to in our pets (as RFID ear tags). The newest microchip technology, however, has been created by researchers at Columbia University. They have created a biologically powered microchip, using a chemical biological process to power an integrated circuit. To create the process, […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/biologically-powered-microchip/feed/ 0 58480 Wood-Breaking Enzyme Discovered in Rhodococcus Jostii, A Soil-Living Bacterium https://www.greenoptimistic.com/lignin-breaking-enzyme-rhodococcus-jostii-20110617/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/lignin-breaking-enzyme-rhodococcus-jostii-20110617/#respond Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:47:27 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=19146 A team of researchers from the Universities of Warwick and British Columbia have discovered an enzyme in a soil-living bacterium called Rhodococcus jostii which can break down lignin, a component of the woody parts of plants. Their aim is to develop methods to process biomass that doesn't compete with food crops and that also offer cheap biofuels.

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