Scientists find a “switch” to increase starch accumulation in algae Results from a collaborative study by Tokyo Tech and Tohoku University, Japan, raise prospects for large-scale... Read more
Our method is both simple and inexpensive and at the same time achieves better results than all these other systems Alison Sweeney of the University of Pennsylvania has been studying giant c... Read more
Cornell University biological engineers have deciphered the cellular strategy to make the biofuel ethanol, using an anaerobic microbe feeding on carbon monoxide – a common industrial waste g... Read more
An almost entirely accidental discovery by University of Guelph researchers could transform food and biofuel production and increase carbon capture on farmland. By tweaking a plant’s genetic... Read more
Enzyme discovery leads scientists further down path to pumping oil from plants An enzyme responsible for making hydrocarbons has been discovered by Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists... Read more
Today most U.S. biodiesel is produced from soybean. But despite its value as a protein source, soybean only provides the equivalent of about one barrel of oil per acre. A team led by the Uni... Read more
Combining bacterial genes and virus shell creates a highly efficient, renewable material used in generating power from water Scientists at Indiana University have created a highly efficient... Read more
Biofuels pioneer Mascoma LLC and the Department of Energy’s BioEnergy Science Center have developed a revolutionary strain of yeast that could help significantly accelerate the develop... Read more
Genetic engineering allows biomass-degrading bacterium to make fuel in a single process The Science The conventional strategy for producing ethanol from plant biomass requires costly pretrea... Read more
Clearing grasslands to make way for biofuels may seem counterproductive, but University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers show in a study today (April 2, 2015) that crops, including the corn... Read more
In one of the first studies to examine the potential for using municipal wastewater as a feedstock for algae-based biofuels, Rice University scientists found they could easily grow high-valu... Read more
The efficient production of both biofuel and animal feed from 1 crop is now possible, and can be done on a farm without the need for off-site processes The efficient production of both biofu... Read more
Scientists discover variant plants with straw that is more easily digested for biofuel production Critically the plants are not significantly smaller or weaker than normal plants The discove... Read more
