Foreign media: Chinese scientists have increased the efficiency of converting carbon dioxide into starch by 10 times. This achievement is expected to promote the industrial production of starch to be independent of water-intensive and land-intensive corn cultivation.
In 2021, the Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, first synthesized starch through enzymatic reactions from carbon dioxide. At that time, the synthesis speed of the laboratory method was 8.5 times faster than the natural starch synthesis in corn.
Now, after five years of development, the starch production of this technology has been increased to 10 times that of 2021, and it is moving towards commercialization, cost reduction, and improved efficiency. It is expected to achieve industrial application in the future.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1855203293734983/
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