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Petroleum substitute breakthrough

RESEARCHERS have figured out how to grow algae in days instead of weeks making it more viable for biofuels, utilising a different technique from that being developed by ExxonMobil.

 Sandra Rincon.

Sandra Rincon.

While oil from algae can be used as a petroleum substitute and growing and harvesting it in wastewater streams could cut manufacturers' environmental footprint, its use hasn't caught on mainly because...

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