News tagged with biofuel
Related topics: ethanol , greenhouse gas emissions , fossil fuels , biomass , carbon dioxide
Improved biofuels with new plant
A new pilot biomass processing plant at the University of Sydney gives researchers an opportunity to improve biofuel production, taking it a step closer to becoming a commercially viable, sustainable energy ...
Sep 14, 2010 |
not rated yet |
0
Biofuel from inedible plant material easier to produce following enzyme discovery
Cambridge researchers have discovered key plant enzymes that normally make the energy stored in wood, straw, and other non-edible parts of plants difficult to extract. The findings, published today in Proceedings of the Na ...
Sep 13, 2010 |
3.7 / 5 (3) |
1
|
Researchers expand yeast's sugary diet to include plant fiber
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of California, Berkeley, researchers have taken genes from grass-eating fungi and stuffed them into yeast, creating strains that produce alcohol from tough plant material - cellulose ...
Sep 09, 2010 |
4.8 / 5 (4) |
0
|
Research expedition breaking records on voyage across Antarctica
Six-wheel drive mobile laboratories, a biofuelled ice vehicle that glides on skis, and the latest in wireless mobile sensors are on display today at Imperial College London, UK, as a team of explorers and ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 08, 2010 |
4 / 5 (1) |
1
Plant nutrients from wastewater
Nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium -- there are valuable nutrients contained in wastewater. Unfortunately, these essential nutrients are lost in conventional wastewater treatment plants. This is the reason why researchers ...
Sep 07, 2010 |
4.3 / 5 (3) |
0
Juicing up laptops and cell phones with soda pop or vegetable oil?
Scientists today reported development of a new battery-like device that opens the possibility that people one day could "recharge" cell phones, laptops, and other portable electronics in an unlikely way -- with a sugar fix ...
Aug 25, 2010 |
5 / 5 (1) |
1
|
Scientist IDs genes that promise to make biofuel production more efficient, economical
A University of Illinois metabolic engineer has taken the first step toward the more efficient and economical production of biofuels by developing a strain of yeast with increased alcohol tolerance.
Aug 19, 2010 |
not rated yet |
0
|
Scots scientists create car biofuel from whisky by-products
Whisky lovers have another excuse to enjoy a dram -- scientists in Scotland on Tuesday unveiled a biofuel to help power cars developed from the by-products of the distillation process.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Aug 18, 2010 |
4.5 / 5 (6) |
1
California landmark global-warming law under fire
A November ballot measure that would suspend California's landmark global-warming law could also end up rolling back some of the state's other sweeping environmental standards _ including rules that require utilities to generate ...
Aug 16, 2010 |
3.3 / 5 (6) |
2
Wide range of plants offer cellulosic biofuel potential, ecological diversity
When it comes to selecting the right plant source for future cellulosic biofuel production, the solution won't be one-size-fits-all, and it certainly doesn't have to involve food and feed crops.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Aug 12, 2010 |
2 / 5 (3) |
1
|
Biofuel study looks at cost to wildlife and environmental diversity
Whether we can grow bio-energy crops such as switchgrass and forage sorghum isn't the question, said a Texas AgriLife Research scientist.
Aug 04, 2010 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
Cow-a-bella -- making eco-friendly diesel fuel from butter
The search for new raw materials for making biodiesel fuel has led scientists to an unlikely farm product — butter. In a new study in ACS' bi-weekly Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, they report ...
Jul 29, 2010 |
1.8 / 5 (4) |
2
Best hope for saving Arctic sea ice is cutting soot emissions: researcher (w/ Video)
The quickest, best way to slow the rapid melting of Arctic sea ice is to reduce soot emissions from the burning of fossil fuel, wood and dung, according to a new study by Stanford researcher Mark Z. Jacobson.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 28, 2010 |
3.9 / 5 (11) |
3
|
A new tool for improving switchgrass
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have developed a new tool for deciphering the genetics of a native prairie grass being widely studied for its potential as a biofuel. The genetic map of switchgrass, published ...
Jul 27, 2010 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
New hydrolysis model promising tool in cellulosic biofuel studies
Scientists are working hard to develop the tools and find the organisms to break down the complex structure of plant cellulose into its component sugars - the key step toward fermentation of those sugars into usable biofuel. ...
Jul 26, 2010 |
5 / 5 (4) |
0
|
