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Fast, low energy, and continuous biofuel extraction from microalgae

May 02, 2017 (SPX)

Furthermore, research has shown that microalgae produces a much higher percentage of their biomass to usable oil in a significantly smaller land mass than terre...

Finding best combination for biofuel corn, soil protection

Apr 27, 2017 (SPX)

Taking up this double-edged sword is Cynthia Bartel, a doctoral candidate at Iowa State University. She's finding a way to lessen the harm and increase the bene...

Caterpillar found to eat shopping bags, suggesting biodegradable solution to plastic pollution

Apr 26, 2017 (SPX)

The wax worm, the larvae of the common insect Galleria mellonella, or greater wax moth, is a scourge of beehives across Europe. In the wild, the worms live as p...

Photosynthesis in the dark Unraveling the mystery of algae evolution

Apr 26, 2017 (SPX)

Despite learning that the structure of cyanelles, an organelle unique to glaucophytes, is most similar to the ancestral cyanobacteria among other organelles, th...

The Very Hungry Caterpillar joins fight against plastic pollution

Apr 24, 2017 (AFP)

"This discovery could be an important tool for helping to get rid of the polyethylene plastic waste accumulated in landfill sites and oceans," said Cambridge Un...

Degradable electronic components created from corn starch

Apr 20, 2017 (SPX)

In 2014, consumers around the world discarded about 42 million metric tons of e-waste, according to a report by the United Nations University. This poses an env...

Towards more efficient biofuels by making oil from algae

Apr 20, 2017 (SPX)

The research was carried out by a group led by Professor HASUNUMA Tomohisa and Academic Researcher KATO Yuichi, both from the Kobe University Graduate School of...

Algal residue - an alternative carbon resource for pharmaceuticals and polyesters

Apr 13, 2017 (SPX)

They can survive in unfavorable, nutrient deficient conditions, and can be propagated industrially without using farmland. Oil derived from algae has recently b...

For Palestinian family, an udder-ly unique power source

Apr 12, 2017 (AFP)

The family has begun recycling waste from its cows to produce electricity for one of the largest Palestinian dairy plants and even to provide power to some hous...

Scientists engineer sugarcane to produce biodiesel, more sugar for ethanol

Apr 06, 2017 (SPX)

A multi-institutional team led by the University of Illinois have proven sugarcane can be genetically engineered to produce oil in its leaves and stems for biod...

Gripen fighter completes test flights using 100 percent biofuel

Apr 06, 2017 (SPX)

GKN Aerospace said the flight occurred late last month at Saab's facilities in Linköping, with both companies claiming the flights as the first time a single-e...

Ridding the oceans of plastics by turning the waste into valuable fuel

Apr 04, 2017 (SPX)

Billions of pounds of plastic waste are littering the world's oceans. Now, a Ph.D. organic chemist and a sailboat captain report that they are developing a proc...

Shell unveils giant new high-tech research lab in India

Mar 31, 2017 (AFP)

Oil giant Shell opened Friday a high-tech research hub in southern India that is hoping to pioneer the green energy of the future, including ways to transform f...

Hydrogen production: This is how green algae assemble their enzymes

Mar 30, 2017 (SPX)

Researchers at Ruhr-Universitat Bochum have analysed how green algae manufacture complex components of a hydrogen-producing enzyme. The enzyme, known as the hyd...

Chemists ID catalytic 'key' for converting CO2 to methanol

Mar 27, 2017 (SPX)

Capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) and converting it to useful chemicals such as methanol could reduce both pollution and our dependence on petroleum products. So s...

Study IDs link between sugar signaling and regulation of oil production in plants

Mar 21, 2017 (SPX)

Even plants have to live on an energy budget. While they're known for converting solar energy into chemical energy in the form of sugars, plants have sophistica...

Community in chaotic Jakarta goes green to fight eviction

Mar 20, 2017 (AFP)

Brightly coloured wooden and brick houses line a clean riverside path amid trees and vegetable gardens, a tranquil scene in the normally chaotic Indonesian capi...

NASA Study Confirms Biofuels Reduce Jet Engine Pollution

Mar 16, 2017 (SPX)

Using biofuels to help power jet engines reduces particle emissions in their exhaust by as much as 50 to 70 percent, in a new study conclusion that bodes well f...

Scientists harness solar power to produce clean hydrogen from biomass

Mar 15, 2017 (SPX)

A team of scientists at the University of Cambridge has developed a way of using solar power to generate a fuel that is both sustainable and relatively cheap to...

Petrol and jet fuel alternatives are produced by yeast cell factories

Mar 13, 2017 (SPX)

There have been many attempts to modify this stubborn little enzyme, but none have succeeded. Until now. With new findings from Chalmers University of Technolog...