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It's a Floor Wax and a Dessert Topping!
Algae being harnessed to combat climate change and other eco-woes |
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12 Jan 2006 |
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| It's a Floor Wax and a Dessert Topping! Algae being harnessed to combat climate change and other eco-woes Consider the algae. Three years ago, Massachusetts Institute of Technology rocket scientist Isaac Berzin had an idea: use the slimy plants to clean up emissions from power plants. Today, at a power plant next to MIT, tubes of healthy algae slurp up 40 percent of carbon dioxide and 86 perc ... |
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