Researchers have used a combination of light and genetic engineering to controlling the metabolism, or basic chemical process, of a living cell. Building on techniques that already have transformed ...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gevo, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEVO), an innovative renewable chemicals and advanced biofuels company, announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO ...

Princeton University scientists have used an optogenetics technique to control the metabolism of genetically modified yeast and increase the output of commercially valuable chemicals. The results ...

University of Queensland researchers have found a way to more efficiently convert sugarcane into a building block of aviation fuel and other products. Yeast already helps make bread and beer and ...

Gevo Is Developing Microbial Fermentation Methods for Renewable Fuel Production Ethanol is not the only alcoholic fuel that can be made from renewable feedstocks through microbial fermentation. Gevo ...

There’s a good chance you’ve paid quite a bit of money to drink isobutanol. “One of the flavor notes of scotch is isobutanol,” says Patrick Gruber, CEO of Gevo, adding that the naturally occurring ...

Researchers have created a bioengineered yeast that can grow efficiently on a wide range of sugars from agricultural waste biomass, closing a carbon cycle for the biosynthesis of fuels, ...

Scientists have recently learned how to use light to control specific groups of neurons to better understand the operation of the brain, a development that has transformed areas of neuroscience.