David Pearlman

Biologist works to turn common grass into fuel

BERKELEY, Calif. -- One day in the not-too-distant future, we might be filling our cars with fuel made from useless grass.

A biologist at the University of California, Berkeley, has transferred a gene from a variety of corn into a widespread, fast-growing species of the grass, and transformed it into what could become an important source of biofuel.

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