News tagged with soybean oil

Scientists hope tiny insect can help save soybeans

(AP) -- An insect no bigger than a comma is being studied as a natural predator that farmers could use instead of chemicals to protect the nation's soybean crop from aphids.

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Mean, green machine - future of motor racing

Cars powered by chocolate, steered by carrots with drivers sitting on soybean oil foam seats - it's motor racing's cheap, cheerful and environmentally-friendly series of the future.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Researcher looks at the future of agriculture

Dramatic price fluctuations, increasing demand, the food vs. fuel debate, and other events of the past year may have food producers wondering which way is up.

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists unveil chocolate-fueled race car

(AP) -- Scientists unveiled on Tuesday what they hope will be one of the world's fastest biofuel vehicles, powered by waste from chocolate factories and made partly from plant fibers.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (10) | comments 3

WFU researchers are developing a cheaper way to make biodiesel

Biodiesel is not likely to replace gasoline as the main source of transportation fuel in most of our lifetimes. But researchers at Wake Forest University are convinced that they have a formula for a catalyst that could lower ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study: Soybean oil reduces carbon footprint in swine barns

One of agriculture's most versatile crops could one day play a role in combating climate change, Purdue University research shows.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The pluses and (mostly) minuses of biofuels

Speakers at last week’s AAAS meeting presented abundant evidence that tropical rainforest destruction has accelerated in recent years, at least in part because of the worldwide push to produce more biofuels.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 7

Plant soybean early to increase yield

Over the past decade, two-thirds of Indiana growers have shifted to planting their soybean crop earlier because they believe that earlier planting increases yield. Planting date is probably one of the most important yet least ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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