Plastic that grows on trees

Scientists took a giant step closer to the biorefinery this week, reporting in the June 15 issue of the journal Science that they have directly converted sugars ubiquitous in nature to an alternative source for those products that make oil so valuable, with very little of the residual impurities that have made the quest so daunting.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news101050050.html">Plastic that grows on trees</a></p> <p>Scientists took a giant step closer to the biorefinery this week, reporting in the June 15 issue of the journal <i>Science</i> that they have directly converted sugars ubiquitous in nature to an alternative source for those products that make oil so valuable, with very little of the residual impurities that have made the quest so daunting.</p>