Sugar-loving microbes could help power future cars, study shows

Biochemist Zhen Wang at Buffalo University was one of the leaders of the study (Douglas Levere/University at Buffalo)

Sugar-loving microbes could help power future cars by turning glucose into molecules found in gasoline, a new study suggests.

Researchers report using biology and chemistry to turn glucose into olefins – a type of hydrocarbon, and one of several types of molecules that make up gasoline.