News tagged with bioproducts

Novel Technology Could Produce Biofuel for Around $0.65 a Liter

(PhysOrg.com) -- A novel technology for synthesising chemicals from plant material could produce liquid fuel for just over €0.50 ($0.65) a liter, say German scientists. But only if the infrastructure is set up in the right ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 29, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (8) | comments 1

From field to biorefinery: Computer model optimizes biofuel operations

Research into biofuel crops such as switchgrass and Miscanthus has focused mainly on how to grow these crops and convert them into fuels. But many steps lead from the farm to the biorefinery, and each could ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

A genome may reduce your carbon footprint

With the costs of genome sequencing rapidly decreasing, and with the infrastructure now developed for almost anyone with access to a computer to cheaply store, access, and analyze sequence information, emphasis is increasingly ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 12, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cellulosic biofuel technology will generate low-cost green fuel, says major study

Cellulosic biofuels offer similar, if not lower, costs and very large reductions in greenhouse gas emissions compared to petroleum-derived fuels. That's one of the key take-home messages from a series of expert papers on ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Generating ethanol from lignocellulose possible, but large cost reductions still needed

The production of ethanol from lignocellulose-rich materials such as wood residues, waste paper, used cardboard and straw cannot yet be achieved at the same efficiency and cost as from corn starch. A cost comparison has concluded ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast