Jasper Herbert Kane, 101, a biochemist who suggested that antibiotics could be made in mass quantities rather than dose by dose, died Tuesday in Boca Raton, Fla., of natural causes associated with ...

Penicillin was the world's first antibiotic, a type of medication that kills or slows the growth of bacteria. After Scottish doctor Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in a petri dish containing ...

To thwart interfering microbes, scientists created biofuel-making bacteria and yeasts that get essential nutrients from manmade sources. Scientists haven’t ironed out all the kinks of making biofuels ...

A chemical engineer at The University of Auckland has used environmentally-friendly vegetable oils to replace toxic chemical solvents like kerosene in the extraction of a range of biomolecules, such ...

LACTIC acid fermentation during the steeping of corn influences the biological value of corn-steep for penicillin fermentation 1–4. Until now no attention has been paid to the changes in the ...

A new technique gives biofuel-producing microbes the upper hand against unwanted invaders. The development could reduce the cost and environmental impact of producing liquid biofuels and biochemicals ...