Makina opangira photosynthesis amaonedwa kuti ndi odalirika kugwira mpweya woipa ndi kupanga chakudya. Asayansi akhala akuyesetsa kuthetsa vutoli kwa nthawi yaitali. Njira yotereyi idapangidwa ndi ofufuza ochokera ku yunivesite ya California, malipoti Magazini ya Nature.
Awiri gawo electrolysis wa mpweya woipa umabala acetate, chigawo chachikulu cha vinyo wosasa, ndi carbon selectivity 57%, amene amalola kuti mwachindunji ntchito heterotrophic kulima yisiti, bowa ndi algae wobiriwira mu mdima popanda kwachilengedwenso photosynthesis.
Kupitilira apo, njira yaposachedwa idzayesedwa pazomera zapamwamba: fodya, mpunga, tomato ndi rapeseed. Kuwunika kwa mbewu zisanu ndi zinayi kunawonetsa kuti mpweya wochokera ku acetate woperekedwa kunja umaphatikizidwa mu biomass kudzera munjira zazikulu za metabolic.
Kuphatikiza njira iyi ndi machitidwe omwe alipo a photovoltaic amatha kuonjezera mphamvu yosinthira mphamvu ya dzuwa kukhala chakudya pafupifupi kanayi poyerekeza ndi photosynthesis yachilengedwe, yomwe sidutsa ~ 1%.