Cows may hold secret for efficient ethanol

Courtesy MSNBC.com: Environment  Mon, 10/06/2008 - 17:24

An enzyme that helps cows digest could be the key to ethanol that doesn't compete with food.Researchers attempting to make the production of corn-based ethanol more efficient may not have needed to leave the farm.



 

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