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Published online 20 June 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070618-10
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Biofuel repertoire expanded
New route turns crop sugars into a fuel that beats ethanol.
A biofuel that outperforms ethanol could be easily made from fructose and, in future, glucose derived from the woody parts of plants, researchers claim.
Ethanol has been the biofuel of choice for many years and can be made from corn and other crops.
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