Modified bug makes diesel from sunlight, water and CO

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CAMBRIDGE: A Massachusetts biotechnology company says it can produce the fuel that runs Jaguars and jet engines using the same ingredients that make grass grow.

Joule Unlimited has invented a genetically-engineered organism that it says simply secretes diesel fuel or ethanol wherever it finds sunlight, water and carbon dioxide.

The company says it can manipulate the organism to produce the r

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01/03/2011