Physicists have discovered a new effect, which makes it possible to create excellent thermal insulators which conduct electricity. Such materials can be used to convert waste heat into elect... Read more
EPFL chemists have developed a method that can significantly increase the yield of sugars from plants, improving the production of renewable fuels, chemicals, and materials. Producing fuels... Read more
UMass Amherst microbiologists, international team show fungal deconstruction of wood Twenty years ago, microbiologist Barry Goodell, now a professor at the University of Massachusetts Amhers... Read more
Technologies for converting non-edible biomass into chemicals and fuels traditionally made from petroleum exist aplenty. But when it comes to attracting commercial interest, these technologi... Read more
A team of scientists at the University of Cambridge has developed a way of using solar power to generate a fuel that is both sustainable and relatively cheap to produce. It’s using natural l... 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
The promise of affordable transportation fuels from biomass—a sustainable, carbon neutral route to American energy independence—has been left perpetually on hold by the economics of the conv... Read more
“Transporting power through power lines to remote, rural areas is very inefficient and can be expensive for farmers and other rural citizens” As energy costs rise, more Americans are turning... Read more
The process can handle nearly any type of biomass Although low temperature fuel cells powered by methanol or hydrogen have been well studied, existing low temperature fuel cell technologies... Read more