News tagged with liquid wood

Unlocking wood's energy

Deftly using a pair of tweezers, Scott Geib pulls apart the insides of a yellowish, wormlike critter - the larva of a tree-devouring pest called the Asian long-horned beetle. Something in the insect's gut allows it to make ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 01, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (9) | comments 5

New biofuels processing method for mobile facilities

Chemical engineers at Purdue University have developed a new method to process agricultural waste and other biomass into biofuels, and they are proposing the creation of mobile processing plants that would ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 07, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Biomass as a source of raw materials

For the protection of the environment, and because of the limited amount of fossil fuels available, renewable resources, such as specially cultivated plants, wood scraps, and other plant waste, are becoming the focus of considerable ...

Chemistry / Other

created May 12, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 4

Scientists discover eco-friendly wood dissolution

Scientists at Queen's University Belfast have discovered a new eco-friendly way of dissolving wood using ionic liquids that may help its transformation into popular products such as bio fuels, textiles, clothes and paper.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 20, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0