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Designer yeast turns sugar into lucrative chemical 3-HP

Researcher Teresa Martin assembles the motor on the DasBox bioreactor used for the yeast fermentation in the CABBI study. / SOURCE: Julie Wurth/CABBI

February 12, 2026

BY Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation

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Two University of Nebraska–Lincoln scientists, partnering with American Farmland Trust and four Nebraska farmers, have established a biochar on-farm research network. It is among the first and largest in the United States.

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