New York, Jan 8
In a ground-breaking discovery, researchers have crossed one of the largest barriers to produce cost-effective biofuels.
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a simple and effective technique for removing lignin - nature’s way of protecting plant cell walls - from the plant material used to make biofuels.
This discovery may bring down the cost of biofuel production in a big way.
Lignin is difficult to break down or remove from plant materials called 'biomass' - such as the non-edible parts of the corn plant.
By:IANS