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Synthetic Biology Could Cut More Carbon Than All Cars Have Ever Emitted  
18, Sep 2025

Synthetic Biology Could Cut More Carbon Than All Cars Have Ever Emitted  

Synthetic biology technologies could prevent up to 30 gigatonnes of carbon emissions—more than all passenger cars in history have ever produced. This striking finding comes from new research in Global...

How an Industry PhD Student is Tackling Methane
8, Sep 2025

How an Industry PhD Student is Tackling Methane

When chemist-turned-biotechnologist Noelia Rubio moved from Argentina to Australia just before COVID, she didn’t expect her career to take her from studying microbes in the lab to designing solutions for...

Using genes to improve conversion of greenhouse gases
1, Mar 2021

Using genes to improve conversion of greenhouse gases

Greenhouse gas waste from factories could be turned into environmentally-friendly chemicals and fuels under an international project seeking to better understand the gene function of bacteria. Dr Esteban Marcellin, theme...