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Efficiently producing fatty acids and biofuels from glucose
Jun 24, 2019 (SPX)
The newly developed strain, created by Distinguished Professor Sang Yup Lee and his team, showed the highest efficiency in producing fatty acids and biodiesels ...
NREL researchers to help ExxonMobil reduce future biofuels emissions
Jun 18, 2019 (SPX)
"How do you provide scalable energy to 9 billion people while addressing the risks of climate change?" asked Vijay Swarup, vice president of research and develo...
New microorganism for algae biomass to produce alternative fuels
Jun 17, 2019 (SPX)
Starch crops such as corns are utilized as biomass (mainly glucose), but they are easily consumed by microorganism. Such processes have limitations in satisfyin...
Researchers take two steps toward green fuel
Jun 17, 2019 (SPX)
The researchers published their results on April 10th in the American Chemical Society journal, Industrial and Engineering Chemical Research. The breakdown proc...
One-two-punch catalysts trapping CO2 for cleaner fuels
Jun 10, 2019 (SPX)
The modified photocatalyst was developed and tested by researchers at the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), with colleagues in Korea,...
New core-shell catalyst for ethanol fuel cells
Jun 10, 2019 (SPX)
"This catalyst is a game changer that will enable the use of ethanol fuel cells as a promising high-energy-density source of 'off-the-grid' electrical power," s...
Plastic water bottles may one day fly people cross-country
Jun 04, 2019 (SPX)
In a new paper published in the journal Applied Energy, WSU's Hanwu Lei and colleagues melted plastic waste at high temperature with activated carbon, a process...
Fuels out of thin air: New path to capturing and upgrading CO2
Jun 03, 2019 (SPX)
"Today, it is technically possible to capture CO2 from air and, through a number of steps, convert it to commercial products," says Professor Ted Sargent who le...
Table scraps can be used to reduce reliance on fossil fuels
May 27, 2019 (SPX)
New technology developed by researchers at the University of Waterloo engineers natural fermentation to produce a biodegradable chemical that can be refined as ...
When biodegradable plastic isn't
May 16, 2019 (SPX)
Manufacturers offer biodegradable or compostable plastic bags, but in many cases, these claims have not been tested in natural environments. Now, researchers re...
Where there's waste there's fertilizer
May 16, 2019 (SPX)
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...
Electrode's 'hot edges' convert CO2 gas into fuels and chemicals
May 15, 2019 (SPX)
The research team, from the University of Bath, Fudan University, Shanghai, and the Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, hopes the c...
Methane-consuming bacteria could be the future of fuel
May 10, 2019 (SPX)
Now an interdisciplinary team at Northwestern University has found that the enzyme responsible for the methane-methanol conversion catalyzes this reaction at a ...
Researchers develop viable, environmentally friendly alternative to Styrofoam
May 10, 2019 (SPX)
The foam is mostly made from nanocrystals of cellulose, the most abundant plant material on earth. The researchers also developed an environmentally friendly an...
The secrets of secretion: isolating eucalyptus genes for oils, biofuel
May 09, 2019 (SPX)
They are diverse, fast-growing species that includes scrubby bushes and 300-foot-tall flowering trees - mostly indigenous to Australia, but also New Guinea and ...
Industry-ready process makes plastics chemical from plant sugars
May 06, 2019 (SPX)
In new research, published recently in the journal Energy and Environmental Science, a team from the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center and the University of...
Harnessing sunlight to pull hydrogen from wastewater
May 02, 2019 (SPX)
In a paper published Feb. 19 in the journal Energy and Environmental Science, the researchers reported that their process doubled the currently accepted rate fo...
Biodegradable bags can hold a full load of shopping after 3 years in the environment
May 01, 2019 (SPX)
Researchers from the University of Plymouth examined the degradation of five plastic bag materials widely available from high street retailers in the UK. They w...
How to take the 'petro' out of the petrochemicals industry
Apr 30, 2019 (SPX)
Phil De Luna is the paper's lead author. His research at University of Toronto Engineering involved designing and testing catalysts for electrosynthesis, and la...
Researchers create artificial mother-of-pearl using bacteria
Apr 24, 2019 (SPX)
One natural substance scientists have looked to in creating synthetic materials is nacre, also known as mother-of-pearl. An exceptionally tough, stiff material ...
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