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US military to make jet fuel from algae

(PhysOrg.com) -- If military researchers in the US are right, jet fuel produced from algae may soon be available for about the same price as ordinary jet fuels.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 16, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (20) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

New process yields high-energy-density, plant-based transportation fuel

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers has developed a highly efficient, environmentally friendly process that selectively converts gamma-valerolactone, a biomass derivative, into the chemical ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 25, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (14) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

E. coli bacteria engineered to eat switchgrass and make transportation fuels

A milestone has been reached on the road to developing advanced biofuels that can replace gasoline, diesel and jet fuels with a domestically-produced clean, green, renewable alternative.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Camelina jet fuel could cut carbon emissions by 84 percent

The seeds of a lowly weed could cut jet fuel's cradle-to-grave carbon emissions by 84 percent.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 8

Technology strikes a chord with algal biofuels

An award-winning Los Alamos National Laboratory sound-wave technology is helping Solix Biofuels, Inc. optimize production of algae-based fuel in a cost-effective, scalable, and environmentally benign fashion—paving the way ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 3

Mimicking photosynthesis path to solar-derived hydrogen fuel

Inexpensive hydrogen for automotive or jet fuel may be possible by mimicking photosynthesis, according to a Penn State materials chemist, but a number of problems need to be solved first.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 19, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (12) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

One Sponge-Like Material, Three Different Applications

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new sponge-like material that is black, brittle and freeze-dried (just like the ice cream astronauts eat) can pull off some pretty impressive feats. Designed by Northwestern University chemists, it can ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 26, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 3

One sponge-like material, three different applications

A new sponge-like material that is black, brittle and freeze-dried (just like the ice cream astronauts eat) can pull off some pretty impressive feats. Designed by Northwestern University chemists, it can remove mercury from ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 17, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 0

U.S. Navy Plans to Test Biofuels for Super Hornet

(PhysOrg.com) -- The U.S. Navy is getting ready to run flight tests using an assortment of biofuels. The tests will be run using an F/A-18 Super Hornet. The tests are scheduled to begin taking place at Patuxent ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Aug 21, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (10) | comments 1 weblog

Removing sulfur from jet fuel cools climate: study

A Yale study examining the impact of aviation on climate change found that removing sulfur from jet fuel cools the atmosphere. The study was published in the October 22 issue of Geophysical Research Letters.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

US Air Force: We want to use biofuels

The US Air Force is ready to switch to biofuels to help power its warplanes but the price of alternative fuels remains too high, military officials said Tuesday.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jul 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Superfast airplanes through super tiny technology

An interdisciplinary team of scientists led by Princeton engineers has been awarded a $3 million grant to study how fuel additives made of tiny particles known as nanocatalysts can help supersonic jets fly ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Lufthansa wants to test biofuels on German flights

Europe's leading airline, Lufthansa, said Monday that it will offer regular service between Frankfurt and Hamburg in April with a plane that can use biofuel in addition to jet fuel.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 29, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists reveal interaction between supersonic fuel spray and its shock wave

(PhysOrg.com) -- Shock waves are a well tested phenomenon on a large scale, but scientists at the Argonne National Laboratory and their collaborators from Wayne State University and Cornell University have ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Beaming solar energy to algae

Flasks bubble with red- and green-colored concoctions. Across the building, an engineer fiddles with glass rods and flickering fluorescent lights.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 04, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0