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AFRL awards $1M to first Grand Challenge For Biotechnology
Aug 25, 2020 (SPX)
"The Debut Biotechnology, Inc. proposal provides a path to a scalable, bio- and metal free synthesis of key aerospace polymer precursors, eliminating the relian...
New device turns sunlight, CO2, water into carbon-neutral fuel
Aug 24, 2020 (UPI)
The technology could pave the way for artificial photosynthesis, replicating plants' ability to convert sunlight into energy. The new device utilizes what's cal...
Enzyme cocktail developed in Brazil powers production of second-generation ethanol
Aug 19, 2020 (SPX)
The development of low-cost enzyme cocktails is one of the main challenges in producing second-generation ethanol. Second-generation biofuels are manufactured f...
Beyond batteries: Scientists build methanol-powered beetle bot
Aug 19, 2020 (AFP)
A team at the University of Southern California has now made a breakthrough, building an 88-milligram (one three hundredth of an ounce) "RoBeetle" that runs on ...
Blinking crystals may convert CO2 into fuels
Jul 27, 2020 (SPX)
A Rutgers-led team has created ultra-small titanium dioxide crystals that exhibit unusual "blinking" behavior and may help to produce methane and other fuels, a...
Key technology for mass-production of lignin-bio-aviation fuels for reducing greenhouse gas
Jul 27, 2020 (SPX)
The ability to produce aviation-grade fuel from oil derived from wood waste - which up until now has been difficult due to the high viscosity of the oil - is ex...
Love-hate relationship of solvent and water leads to better biomass breakup
Jul 27, 2020 (SPX)
The discovery, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, sheds light on a previously unknown nanoscale mechanism that occurs during biom...
Milking algae mechanically: Progress to succeed petroleum derived chemicals
Jul 13, 2020 (SPX)
A research team led by Alice Uchida and Masaki Ihara of Shinshu University succeeded in developing a method of cultivating microalgae by solving three issues of...
Coconut oil may be worse than palm oil for the environment
Jul 07, 2020 (UPI)
The findings, published Monday in the journal Current Biology, highlight the challenges consumers face when trying to make conscientious purchasing decisions wi...
Size matters for bioenergy with carbon capture and storage
Jul 03, 2020 (SPX)
There has been a growing interest in the use of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) to achieve a net reduction in greenhouse gases. BECCS involves...
Algae as living biocatalysts for a green industry
Jul 03, 2020 (SPX)
Many chemical substances in cosmetics, food or medicines can assume slightly different three-dimensional structures, with only one of them generating the desire...
Efficient laser technique can convert cellulose into biofuel
Jun 24, 2020 (SPX)
But, this process is challenging owing to the molecule's rigid and dense structure, which makes it insoluble in water. Chemists and biotechnologists globally ha...
The exhaust gas from a power plant can be recovered and used as a raw reaction material
Jun 21, 2020 (SPX)
Conventionally, a significant amount of energy (3 to 4 GJ/ton-CO2) or high temperatures exceeding 100 deg.C has been required to capture CO2 from gases exhauste...
Efficient indium oxide catalysts designed for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol
Jun 19, 2020 (SPX)
However, further optimizing their catalytic performance for industrial applications remained a great challenge, mostly due to the difficulties related to the ra...
Engineers find neat way to turn waste carbon dioxide into useful material
Jun 11, 2020 (SPX)
And if validated in an industrial setting and adopted on a large scale, the process could give the world breathing space as it transitions towards a green econo...
ETW Energietechnik supplies the biomethane upgrading technology for a 45 km biogas grid
Jun 11, 2020 (SPX)
With this pipeline, the shareholders, SWT Stadtwerke Trier, the private waste management company Luzia Francois and Landwerke Eifel AoR, are creating the condit...
Renewable fuel from carbon dioxide with the aid of solar energy
Jun 10, 2020 (SPX)
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 a...
Water vapor in the atmosphere may be prime renewable energy source
Jun 10, 2020 (SPX)
The research, led by Prof. Colin Price in collaboration with Prof. Hadas Saaroni and doctoral student Judi Lax, all of TAU's Porter School of the Environment an...
Human waste could help combat global food insecurity
Jun 03, 2020 (SPX)
The discovery, published recently in the journal Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, has the potential to increase agriculture yields in developing countries...
Bricks made from plastic, organic waste
May 27, 2020 (SPX)
The rubber polymer, itself made from sulfur and canola oil, can be compressed and heated with fillers to create construction materials of the future, say resear...
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