A team of researchers from Germany and France has created artificial chloroplasts which are capable of mimicking complex and life-like photosynthetic processes. Researchers combine natural and synthetic biological parts to create chloroplast-mimicking microfluidic droplets that hold the essential properties of the photosynthesis process. Researchers have used microfluidics and natural thylakoid membranes from spinach to trigger light-driven complicated biosynthetic tasks in synthetic, cell-sized droplets, including carbon fixation. The new method could be used to capture carbon dioxide from the environment and transform it into beneficial molecules such as fuels and medicines.
Artificial Chloroplasts Transform CO2 Into Multicarbon Molecules
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