On this day in 1888, five European sheep farmers, recently arrived to the continent of South America, set out to bring the livestock, equipment and laborers necessary to expand sheep farming into the ...

Turning plant-based alcohol into useful industrial chemicals sounds easy on paper. In practice, it is a balancing act. Push ethanol too hard with oxygen, and it simply burns into carbon dioxide.

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