Researchers investigated how to break down wheat straw into sugars using a two-step method involving acid and enzymes. They found that treating wheat straw with 4% sulfuric acid at 100℃ for six hours, then adding enzymes at 50℃ and pH 5.2 for 12 hours, produced a 34.5% yield of glucose, which was a 50% increase. This method could help make it easier to turn wheat straw into sugars that could be used to make biofuels or other useful products.