From coal burning to gold mining, human activities have led to widespread mercury pollution in the air. This mercury eventually settles in water, where it transforms into toxic methylmercury (MeHg).

Scientists inserted DNA-encoding methylmercury detoxification enzymes into the genome of an abundant human gut bacterium. The engineered bacterium detoxified methylmercury in the gut of mice and ...

As the climate crisis accelerates, there's a desperate need to rapidly reduce carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, both by slashing emissions and by pulling carbon out of the air. Subscribe to our ...

Chemical Engineering Seminar: Engineered Microbes for Sustainable Chemical Production and Human Health 9/18 Submissions 09/15/2025 By Zhiyong Gu Benjamin Woolston, Assistant Professor of Department of ...