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Energy crop production on conservation lands may not boost greenhouse gases
Mar 13, 2017 (SPX)
Growing sustainable energy crops without increasing greenhouse gas emissions, may be possible on seasonally wet, environmentally sensitive landscapes, according...
Yeast cell factories make gas, jet fuel alternatives
Mar 08, 2017 (UPI)
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden are using fatty acid synthase, or FAS, to produce sustainable alternatives to petrol and jet fuel. Th...
Tree growth model assists breeding for more wood
Mar 07, 2017 (SPX)
A meeting in a forest between a biologist and a mathematician could lead to thicker, faster growing trees. "Mathematicians like translating biological processes...
Novel 3-D manufacturing leads to highly complex, bio-like materials
Mar 07, 2017 (SPX)
Washington State University researchers have developed a unique, 3-D manufacturing method that for the first time rapidly creates and precisely controls a mater...
Turning food waste into tires
Mar 07, 2017 (SPX)
Tomorrow's tires could come from the farm as much as the factory. Researchers at The Ohio State University have discovered that food waste can partially replace...
New materials could turn water into the fuel of the future
Mar 07, 2017 (SPX)
Researchers at Caltech and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have - in just two years - nearly doubled the number of materials known to have ...
Biofuel produced by microalgae
Mar 01, 2017 (SPX)
In the modern society, energy generation heavily relies on fossil fuels, which, however, lead to environmental pollution and depletion of non-renewable resource...
New polymer additive could revolutionize plastics recycling
Feb 28, 2017 (SPX)
When Geoffrey Coates, a professor of chemistry and chemical biology at Cornell University, gives a talk about plastics and recycling, he usually opens with this...
Light-driven reaction converts carbon dioxide into fuel
Feb 28, 2017 (SPX)
Duke University researchers have developed tiny nanoparticles that help convert carbon dioxide into methane using only ultraviolet light as an energy source. Ha...
Scientists use nanoparticles, ultraviolet light to turn CO2 into fuel
Feb 23, 2017 (UPI)
Scientists at Duke University have developed a new method for catalyzing the conversion of carbon dioxide into methane, a component of many alternative fuels. T...
Alberta backing bioenergy programs
Feb 10, 2017 (UPI)
The provincial government of Alberta said it was creating new jobs by offering funding to support bioenergy and a low-carbon future. The government said it was ...
A better way to farm algae
Feb 01, 2017 (SPX)
Scientists have long known of the potential of microalgae to aid in the production of biofuels and other valuable chemicals. However, the difficulty and signifi...
Cathay Pacific to cut emissions with switch to biofuel
Jan 31, 2017 (AFP)
Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific will switch to biofuels made from landfill rubbish on select long haul flights, reports said Tuesday, in an effort to cut ...
DuPont Industrial Biosciences to develop new high-efficiency biogas enzyme method
Jan 31, 2017 (SPX)
DuPont Industrial Biosciences has been awarded a grant from the European Commission to demonstrate high-efficiency enzyme production to increase biogas yields a...
Handheld Sensor Unit Determines Biofuel Content Of Diesel Blends
Jan 18, 2017 (SPX)
Advanced sensor technology has been developed for the accurate determination of the biofuel content of diesel blends used in a wide range of automotive and indu...
Largest Populus SNP dataset holds promise for biofuels, materials, metabolites
Jan 18, 2017 (SPX)
Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have released the largest-ever single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) dataset of ge...
Iowa State engineer helps journal highlight how pyrolysis can advance the bioeconomy
Jan 13, 2017 (SPX)
A special issue of the journal Energy Technology details the latest advances in pyrolysis technologies for converting biomass into fuels, chemicals and fertiliz...
Handheld sensor unit determines biofuel content of diesel blends
Jan 13, 2017 (SPX)
Advanced sensor technology has been developed for the accurate determination of the biofuel content of diesel blends used in a wide range of automotive and indu...
Dual-purpose biofuel crops could extend production, increase profits
Jan 11, 2017 (SPX)
Today many biofuel refineries operate for only seven months each year, turning freshly harvested crops into ethanol and biodiesel. When supplies run out, bioref...
WSU researchers discover unique microbial photosynthesis
Jan 10, 2017 (SPX)
Researchers at Washington State University have discovered a new type of cooperative photosynthesis that could be used in engineering microbial communities for ...
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