Sugar set for 'energycane' reinvention
Gene-editing sugarcane for use in renewable energy and bio-plastics could help secure the industry's future.
Plants & Animals
Mar 11, 2019
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Food industry waste becomes profitable biogas
Huge gains can be made by using waste from the food industry for biogas production, no matter whether the biogas is used in vehicles or to produce electricity and heat. This is the conclusion of researchers from the Biogas ...
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 21, 2019
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Wastewater treatment plants can become sustainable biorefineries
In the future, wastewater treatment plants can have a broader function by being converted into biorefineries.
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 18, 2018
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Life in deep Earth totals 15 to 23 billion tons of carbon—hundreds of times more than humans
Barely living "zombie" bacteria and other forms of life constitute an immense amount of carbon deep within Earth's subsurface—245 to 385 times greater than the carbon mass of all humans on the surface, according to scientists ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 10, 2018
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Team demonstrates electrochemical techniques for monitoring microbial growth
Savannah River National Laboratory, in collaboration with Clemson University, the University of South Carolina and Savannah River Consulting LLC, has demonstrated the use of electrochemical techniques to monitor the growth ...
Biotechnology
Dec 4, 2018
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Wind farm 'predator' effect hits ecosystems: study
Wind farms act as a top "predator" in some ecosystems, harming birds at the top of the food chain and triggering a knock-on effect overlooked by green energy advocates, scientists said Monday.
Ecology
Nov 5, 2018
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Philly refiner plans $120M plant to convert food scraps to fuel for trucks and buses
Too much fatty, gassy food in your diet?
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 29, 2018
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Growing a dinosaur's dinner
Scientists have measured the nutritional value of herbivore dinosaurs' diet by growing their food in atmospheric conditions similar to those found roughly 150 million years ago.
Archaeology
Jul 13, 2018
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Food waste conversion to biomethane within the reach of four cities across Europe
Food waste conversion to biomethane is now within the reach of four cities across Europe, thanks to work conducted under the Bin2Grid project.
Jun 1, 2018
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Should I stay or go? Birds migrate to save energy: study
Why have some birds opted for a taxing life of constant migration—seeking out temperate climes to feed as winter arrives, only to return months later to breed?
Plants & Animals
May 7, 2018
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