Clean tech rises again, retooling nature for industrial use
Add BT as a preferred sourceBerkeley, California
A DECADE ago, a group of biologists, venture capitalists and computer whizzes gathered under the name "clean tech". They hoped to overturn polluting industries with microorganisms cheerily excreting industrial chemicals through the miracle of reprogramming nature's genetic code.
The idea lost billions of dollars. Genes may indeed be programmable code, akin to computer software, but it turned out nature was more complex than first believed.
Copyright SPH Media. All rights reserved.
TRENDING NOW
Middle East-linked energy supply shocks put Asean Power Grid back in focus
Strengthening Asean’s economic resilience through RCEP’s 2027 review
How China’s young workers are securing their future even as AI disrupts job market, triggers pay cuts
US-China rivalry and the Kindleberger Trap: Why inaction – not escalation – is the biggest risk
