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Researchers propose a novel approach to producing biofuel using diatoms

In the ongoing hunt for alternative fuel sources that are also cost-effective, researchers are looking into making biofuel from genetically engineered diatoms, a type of single-celled algae with shells made of glasslike silica.

By Saswato R. Das

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