Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have now presented a method for effectively converting carbon dioxide into ethanol, which is then available as a sustainable raw material ...

College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China ...

Alcohol, of course, has been traced back to ancient human history – from beer made from rice 9,000 years ago, to evidence of beer consumed in China 5,000 years in the past.

Most alcohols are toxic, but some animals (including us humans) are able to metabolize low doses of ethanol, a molecule produced by yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) as it digests plant materials.

Tales of animals appearing “drunk” after eating fermented fruit have circulated for years. Still, many scientists believed that ethanol consumption among wild animals was rare and largely accidental.

Drinking alcohol may be far less of a human characteristic than previously thought, according to a new scientific paper arguing that ethanol consumption is widespread in the animal kingdom.

Ethanol production increase in India for 2024/25 will reduce domestic sugar availability and halt exports, as 5 million metric tons of sucrose are diverted to ethanol. Net sugar production is ...