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Frog Foam Photosynthesis

Posted by samzenpus on from the how-green-are-your-frogs dept.

Garrett Fox writes "University of Cincinnati researchers describe a method of getting photosynthesis from a high-surface-area foam containing enzymes that produce sugar using light and CO2 (abstract). Oddly, the foam itself is derived from a species of frog. More interesting is that the technique doesn't use whole cells or apparently even chloroplasts. The researchers claim 'chemical conversion efficiencies approaching 96%,' as well as tolerance for deliberately high-CO2 environments."

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  1. first by circletimessquare · · Score: 3, Funny

    you lick the frog...

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    intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
  2. Re:Misleading headline by dan828 · · Score: 4, Funny

    OTOH, I'm pretty sure I'm not really qualified to even have an opinion.

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