By Jasmin Malik Chua, Source: Ecouterre

The future of clothing is about to get a whole lot sweeter. Scientists from Singapore’s A*STAR Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology have discovered how to create adipic acid, a key component of nylon, from sugar. The technology, according to the researchers, offers an eco-friendlier route to producing the chemical, which is typically derived from petroleum-based chemicals that create large emissions of environmentally damaging nitrous oxides. Bio-based adipic acid, on the other hand, can be synthesized using mucic acid, oxidized from sugar obtained from fruit peels.

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