BIO FUEL DAILY - Liquid Fuels For The 21st Century

ENERGY Renewables record year uncouples growth of global economy from CO2

Renewable energy targets and other support policies now in place in 164 countries powered the growth of solar, wind and other green technologies to record-breaking energy generation capacity in 2014. According to REN21's latest Renewables Global Status Report,... more

BIO FUEL New method converts carbon dioxide to methane at low temperatures

The conversion of carbon dioxide to valuable chemicals such as methane has drawn great attention for use in supporting carbon capture and utilization. Especially, methane can be used not only as fuel but also as a hydrogen carrier, transporting town gas to exi... more

BIO FUEL Renewable fuel from carbon dioxide with the aid of solar energy

Plants convert carbon dioxide and water to oxygen and high-energy sugars, which they use as "fuel" to grow. They obtain their energy from sunlight. Jianwu Sun and his colleagues at Linkoping University are attempting to imitate this reaction, known as photosyn... more

BIO FUEL Researchers look to relatives for clues in quest to develop sources of bioenergy

Arranging DNA fragments into a genome sequence that scientists can interpret is a challenge often compared to assembling a puzzle except you don't have the box and have no idea what the picture is supposed to be. Sometimes clues from other publicly-available D... more

BIO FUEL Where there's waste there's fertilizer

Phosphorus, for example, is taken from the Earth, and in just 100-250 years, we could be facing a terrible shortage. That is, unless scientists can find ways to recycle it. Scientists at Tel Hai College and MIGAL Institute in Israel are working on a way to mak... more

EXO LIFE Scientists debate likelihood of finding life on other planets

In a debate hosted by the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, six scientists argued whether remote sensing will reveal evidence of extant life on an exoplanet-any planet outside our solar system-by the end of 2042. The scientists arguing for the discover... more

BIO FUEL Surprising findings on hydrogen production in green algae

New research results from Uppsala University, Sweden, instil hope of efficient hydrogen production with green algae being possible in the future, despite the prevailing scepticism based on previous research. The study, which is published in the esteemed journa... more

WOOD PILE Drought stalls tree growth and shuts down Amazon carbon sink

A recent drought completely shut down the Amazon Basin's carbon sink, by killing trees and slowing their growth, a ground-breaking study led by researchers at the Universities of Exeter and Leeds has found. Previous research has suggested that the Amazon - the... more