The U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory has created a faster, cleaner biofuel refining technology that not only combines processes, it uses widely available materials to reduce costs... 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
Modern society’s reliance on fossil fuel extends past its use as an energy source with by-products used in everything from plastics to lubricants and fertilizers. Seeking alternatives... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Synthetic biology has allowed scientists to tweak E. coli to produce fuels from sugar and, more sustainably, cellulose The bacteria responsible for most cases of food poi... Read more
