A recent discovery by Sandia National Laboratories researchers may unlock the potential of biofuel waste — and ultimately make biofuels competitive with petroleum. Fuel made from plants is m... Read more
Today many biofuel refineries operate for only seven months each year, turning freshly harvested crops into ethanol and biodiesel. When supplies run out, biorefineries shut down for the othe... Read more
Reducing our reliance on fossil fuels means turning to plant-derived biofuels and chemicals. But producing them cost-effectively from plants and other organic matter – collectively referred... Read more
Sandia researchers decode metabolic pathway of soil bacterium that thrives on lignin Abundant, chock full of energy and bound so tightly that the only way to release its energy is through co... Read more
JBEI Researchers Develop First High-Gravity One-Pot process for Producing Cellulosic Ethanol The falling price of gasoline at the pumps may warm the hearts of consumers but it chills the sou... Read more
Scientists at The University of Manchester have made an important discovery that forms the basis for the development of new applications in biofuels and the sustainable manufacturing of chem... Read more
Imagine being able to precisely control specific tissues of a plant to enhance desired traits without affecting the plant’s overall function. Thus a rubber tree could be manipulated to... Read more
The technology could produce ethanol at a cost savings of roughly 10 percent Using a plant-derived chemical, UW-Madison researchers have developed a process for creating a concentrated strea... Read more
Renninger had started Amyris from a spiral notebook in his backpack. Amyris’s breakthroughs in bioengineering–and its plans to make biofuels from Brazilian sugarcane–promised to... Read more
Sometimes a new technology needs another breakthrough technology in order to get on a firm footing. When all the necessary pieces of the system are in place, however, a cascade of change can... Read more
Scientists are seeking help from microbes to produce road-ready biofuels By tweaking the smallest units of life, scientists are making bigger gains in producing alternative and renewa... Read more
In a biotechnological tour de force, Rice University engineering researchers this week unveiled a new method for rapidly converting simple glucose into biofuels and petrochemical substitutes... Read more
How to put more bang in your biofuels? Nanoparticles! A new study in the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energyshows that the addition of alumina nanoparticles can improve the performan... Read more
Ships powered by algae and planes flying on weeds: that's part of the future the U.S. Navy hopes to bring to fruition. Read more
