Microbial production of fuels and other useful chemicals offers renewable alternatives to products that are currently derived from fossil fuels.

Jason Peters is one of thousands of scientists worldwide aiming to curb the impact of antimicrobial resistance, which is one of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) 10 threats to global health in 2019.

Asphalt covers more than 90 percent of the 2.7 million miles of paved roads in the United States.

Fossil fuels seep their way into almost every aspect of American life.

Six months into a year-long fellowship at Argonne National Laboratory, materials science and engineering PhD student Samuel Marks’ research took an unexpected turn.

An insect’s gut might seem an inhospitable place to settle in, but diverse microbes nonetheless make their home there. Yet in the gut, there’s a struggle for the nutrients needed to survive among the resident bacteria and fungi — not to mention the insect.

Turning bioenergy crops into fuels and other products requires breaking down the complex mixture of polysaccharides found in plant material. Glycoside hydrolase family 5 (GH5) is a large and diverse family of enzymes able to digest a wide range of polysaccharides.