The Oklahoma State University Biofuels Team's ability to think small – microscopic, actually – stands to provide great dividends for consumers, a renewable energy company and one of the nation's foremost automakers.

Biology based renewable energy company Coskata Inc. and automotive giant General Motors announced their cooperative plans to reduce fossil fuel consumption this past weekend, thanks in part to Coskata's "next generation ethanol" process based on research and technology developed by the OSU Biofuels Team and licensed exclusively to Coskata.