DuPont announces it has formed DuPont Biofuels, a business unit, to expand into the global biofuel market.DuPont announces it has formed DuPont Biofuels, a business unit, to expand into the global biofuel bi·o·fuel n. Fuel such as methane produced from renewable resources, especially plant biomass and treated municipal and industrial wastes. bi market. The unit will be headed by John P. Ranieri, VP and general manager of DuPont Bio-Based Materials A bio-based material is simply an engineering material made from substances derived from living matter. These materials are sometimes referred to as biomaterials, but this word also has another meaning. , Energy and Specialities. Its focus will be on agricultural biotechnology, metabolic engineering Metabolic engineering is the practice of optimizing genetic and regulatory processes within cells to increase the cells' production of a certain substance. Metabolic engineers commonly work to reduce cellular energy use (ie, the energetic cost of cell reproduction or , chemistry and process energy. |
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