Microbes and renewable energy make proteins for human consumption

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A new process uses bacteria and renewable energy to turn carbon dioxide into an edible protein. The two-stage system produces biomass with a protein content of 40–50%.

A scheme explaining how humans can change direction from a fossil-based and wasteful economy to a renewable and circular economy

Source: © Largus Angenent/University of Tübingen

Largus Angenent’s team is investigating how humans can change direction from a fossil-based and wasteful economy to a renewable and circular economy by closing nutrient and carbon cycles with renewable electric power

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