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Purple bacteria 'batteries' turn sewage into clean energy
Nov 14, 2018 (SPX)
Organic compounds in household sewage and industrial wastewater are a rich potential source of energy, bioplastics and even proteins for animal feed - but with ...
New system opens the door to transforming CO2 into industrial fuels
Nov 09, 2018 (SPX)
It's a future that Haotian Wang says may be closer than many realize. A Fellow at the Rowland Institute at Harvard, Wang and colleagues have developed an improv...
A bionic mushroom that generates electricity
Nov 08, 2018 (SPX)
Many examples of organisms that live closely together and interact with each other exist in nature. In some cases, this symbiotic relationship is mutually benef...
Graphene takes a step towards renewable fuel
Nov 08, 2018 (SPX)
The research group has also shown that graphene acts as a superconductor in certain conditions. Their results have been published in the scientific journals Car...
Bionic mushrooms fuse nanotech, bacteria and fungi
Nov 08, 2018 (SPX)
The work, reported in the Nov. 7 issue of Nano Letters, may sound like something straight out of Alice in Wonderland, but the hybrids are part of a broader effo...
Experimental plasma generator offers path forward for better use of landfill gas as energy
Nov 07, 2018 (SPX)
Researchers at the University of South Carolina in Columbia have demonstrated an experimental plasma device capable of cleaning gas samples of D4, one of the mo...
Scientists find a 'switch' to increase starch accumulation in algae
Nov 05, 2018 (SPX)
A "switch" controlling the level of starch content in algae has been discovered by a research team led by Sousuke Imamura at the Laboratory for Chemistry and Li...
Alcohols as carbon radical precursors
Nov 05, 2018 (SPX)
The development of one-step C-C bond formation reactions using alcohols is highly desirable because it realizes the application of ubiquitous materials without ...
Reducing US coal emissions through biomass and carbon capture would boost employment
Nov 02, 2018 (SPX)
A new study appearing November 1 in the journal Joule has run the numbers associated with the impacts of cutting coal plant jobs while at the same time employin...
Laser technique may open door to more efficient clean fuels
Oct 31, 2018 (SPX)
Finding sustainable ways to replace fossil fuels is a key priority for researchers across the globe. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a hugely abundant waste product tha...
Finally, a robust fuel cell that runs on methane at practical temperatures
Oct 30, 2018 (SPX)
Though the cell is in the lab, it has high potential to someday electrically power homes and perhaps cars, say the researchers at the Georgia Institute of Techn...
Efficient electrochemical cells for CO2 conversion
Oct 26, 2018 (SPX)
CO2 capture from emission sources is an attractive option for mitigating climate change, but it is an expensive process that harvests a product without commerci...
Brazilian biomass-powered electricity expands 11 percent over last year
Oct 18, 2018 (UPI)
The country's association of sugar cane producers, know as Unica for its Portuguese acronym, said that the total biomass generation from January to August has r...
New catalyst opens door to CO2 capture in conversion of coal to liquid fuels
Oct 15, 2018 (SPX)
Researchers from the National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy in Beijing and Eindhoven University of Technology have developed iron-based catalysts tha...
Sebigas Awarded For The Construction Of The Biggest Biogas Plant In The Americas
Oct 12, 2018 (SPX)
The biogas plant will be located in the area of Raizen's second largest ethanol and sugar mill that processes more than 5 million tons of sugar cane per year, p...
In pre-vote boost for farmers, Trump to ease ethanol fuel rules
Oct 10, 2018 (AFP)
"We're going with E15 year-round," Trump told supporters at a rally in Iowa. "Promises made, promises kept." The decision came down squarely on the side of agri...
A biofuel for automated heat generation
Oct 04, 2018 (SPX)
The development of research in this domain will make energy generation out of biofuel more resource efficient and feasible. The scientists presented the study r...
How a molecular signal helps plant cells decide when to make oil
Oct 01, 2018 (SPX)
The study builds on previous research led by Brookhaven Lab biochemist John Shanklin that established clear links between a protein complex that senses sugar le...
Climate researchers: More green space, less biofuel
Oct 01, 2018 (UPI)
John M. DeCicco, a research professor at the University of Michigan Energy Institute, and William H. Schlesinger, president emeritus of the Cary Institute of Ec...
Ready-to-use recipe for turning plant waste into gasoline
Sep 27, 2018 (SPX)
In 2014, at KU Leuven's Centre for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, researchers succeeded in converting sawdust into building blocks for gasoline. A chemical pr...
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