When methanol enters the body, it is metabolized to form Methanoic acid which disturbs many important bodily reactions that are vital to survival; this can lead to blindness, agitation and coma ...

As a result, a person exposed to methanol can go into severe metabolic acidosis, which is when too much acid builds up in the body. Methanol poisoning can cause nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain.

It is currently estimated that natural gas resources will be exhausted in 130 years; however, those reserves where extraction is cost-effective will only flow for another 60 years or so.

The total Faraday efficiency of formic acid exceeds 190% in wide voltage range, and only 2.1 V is required to achieve a formic acid partial current density of ~130 mA cm-2 while consuming three ...

After testing five different D-LDH genes and eight promoters, the researchers identified an ideal mix that boosted D-lactic acid production by 1.5 times compared to other methanol-based methods.

More information: Jiaoqi Gao et al, Rescuing yeast from cell death enables overproduction of fatty acids from sole methanol, Nature Metabolism (2022).DOI: 10.1038/s42255-022-00601-0 ...

As a result, a person exposed to methanol can go into severe metabolic acidosis, which is when too much acid builds up in the body. Methanol poisoning can cause nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain.