University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers may have found a key to converting algae to fuel.
Biotechnology
Mar 10, 2016
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As strategies for energy security, investment opportunities and energy policies prompt ever-growing production and consumption of biofuels like bioethanol and biodiesel, land and water that could otherwise be used for food ...
Environment
Mar 3, 2016
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The U.S. produces over 1 billion tons of manure, including human waste, every year.
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 2, 2016
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A team of researchers from Japan's Tohoku University has developed a new method for the pretreatment of organic material, or "biomass", which could lead to more efficient production of biofuels and biochemicals.
Biotechnology
Mar 1, 2016
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Despite high expectations and extensive research and investment in the last decade, technological options are still in developing stages and key resources for algal growth are still too onerous for economically viable production ...
Biotechnology
Feb 29, 2016
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When the Ford Motor Company's first automobile, the Model T, debuted in 1908, it ran on a corn-derived biofuel called ethanol, a substance Henry Ford dubbed "the fuel of the future."
Biotechnology
Feb 16, 2016
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A new biorefinery process developed by scientists at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has proven to be significantly more effective at producing ethanol from algae than previous research.
Biotechnology
Feb 16, 2016
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The EU ITAKA project has provided a pioneering jet biofuel that will be used at Oslo's principal international airport, a first for commercial aviation.
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 5, 2016
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Researchers at the Department of Energy's BioEnergy Science Center are looking beyond the usual suspects in the search for microbes that can efficiently break down inedible plant matter for conversion to biofuels. A new comparative ...
Biotechnology
Jan 14, 2016
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Carbon dioxide gives soda its fizz and champagne its sparkle. But increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere due to human activities can cause the Earth to warm and oceans to acidify at alarming rates.
Biotechnology
Dec 15, 2015
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