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Trichoderma reesei fungus RUT-C30 strain, which was created to produce high-yielding enzymes. Credit: LNBR-CNPEM Brazilian researchers used genetic engineering to develop a low-cost platform for the production of enzymes that break down sugar residues and bagasse for conversion into biofuels. The new molecules have many potential industrial applications. Researchers from …

Superintendent Austin Beutner said in a press release Sunday that the attempt was “unusual” but necessary to open schools safely. “This will provide a public health benefit to the school community, as well as the greater Los Angeles area,” he said. LAUSD is the second largest school district in the …

ANAHEIM – When the baseball world was engaged on Tuesday over discussion of unwritten rules and etiquette of blowouts, Joe Maddon took a bit of a middle position. The subject was sparked by Padres’ Fernando Tatis Jr. who hit a grand slam on a 3-and-0 pitch with a seven-run lead …

Mauritius has arrested the captain of a bulk carrier that ran aground on the coast last month, causing devastating oil radiation in one of the most pristine maritime environments in the world. Japanese owner MV Wakashio struck a coral reef off the Indian Ocean island on July 25 and began …

The Portland Police Bureau is now on the hunt for 25-year-old Marquise Love, known by friends as ‘Keese Love’, for his apparent involvement in the brutal attack on Sunday Portland police have identified a suspect in a sick attack on a truck driver over the weekend, who was seen in …