In the minds of many, Miscanthus x giganteus is the forerunner in the race of viable feedstock options for lignocellulosic bioenergy production. But researchers believe "putting all their eggs in one basket" could be a big ...
Biotechnology
Dec 21, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- One big challenge in converting plants to biofuels is that the very same molecules that keep plants standing up make it hard to break them down. Now scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 13, 2010
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A team of University of Massachusetts Amherst chemical engineers report in today's issue of Science that they have developed a way to produce high-volume chemical feedstocks including benzene, toluene, xylenes and olefins ...
Materials Science
Nov 25, 2010
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Despite reducing transportation and handling costs, pelletizing cellulosic biomass would not be cost-effective for ethanol producers, according to a Purdue University study.
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 16, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In theory, plants could be the ultimate green factories, engineered to pump out the kinds of raw materials we now obtain from petroleum-based chemicals. But in reality, getting plants to accumulate high levels ...
Biotechnology
Nov 8, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For hundreds of years, farmers in Brazil's Amazon Basin have hunted through dense jungles for what is called "terra preta" — mysterious plots of super-fertile black soil amid otherwise nutrient-stripped ...
Environment
Sep 30, 2010
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The search for new raw materials for making biodiesel fuel has led scientists to an unlikely farm product — butter. In a new study in ACS' bi-weekly Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, they report that butter could ...
Materials Science
Jul 29, 2010
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A new packing material that grows itself is now appearing in shipped products across the country.
Materials Science
Jul 27, 2010
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While scientists have conducted numerous studies on production of biomass from biofuel crops, such as switchgrass, no one has yet compiled this information to evaluate the response of biomass yield to soils, climate, and ...
Ecology
Jul 12, 2010
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Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a more efficient technique for producing biofuels from woody plants that significantly reduces the waste that results from conventional biofuel production techniques. ...
Biotechnology
Jun 30, 2010
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