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Researchers from the University of Illinois Chicago have discovered a new gene-editing technique that allows for the programming of sequential cuts or edits over time.
CRISPR is a gene-editing tool that allows scientists to change the DNA sequences in cells and sometimes add a desired sequence or genes. CRISPR uses an enzyme called Cas9 that acts like scissors to make a cut precisely at a desired location in the DNA. Once a cut is made, the ways in which cells repair the DNA break can be influenced to result in different changes or edits to the DNA sequence.
New Methane-to-Methanol Conversion Method Could Offer Cleaner Energy Source
Written by AZoMFeb 22 2021
Scientists from the University of Illinois Chicago have found a new method for conversion of methane in natural gas the fuel used to cook food, heat homes and produce electricity into liquid methanol at room temperature.
Burning methane in natural gas contributes to carbon emissions, but methane converted to liquid methanol is a cleaner fuel. Image Credit: Aditya Prajapati and Meenesh Singh/University of Illinois Chicago.
This breakthrough, published in the
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could probably offer a cleaner energy source for several daily activities of people.
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Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have discovered a way to convert the methane in natural gas into liquid methanol at room temperature.