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A number of new green patent infringement complaints were filed in July and August in the areas of advanced batteries, biofuels, LEDs, and electric motors... Read More »
Texas AgriLife Research scientists are studying the costs of getting potential bioenergy sources such as mesquite to the processed stage. The costs of feedstock... Read More »
Research conducted by Texas Agrilife at Texas A&M University suggests that biomass gasification is being considered as a possible technology for... Read More »
Light of specific wavelengths can be used to boost an enzyme's function by as much as 30 fold, potentially establishing a path to less expensive biofuels... Read More »
Boeing and All Nippon Airways made aviation history today as a 787 Dreamliner flew for the first time powered in part by sustainable biofuels. The delivery flight... Read More »
Today, the authors of a study appearing in mBio, the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology, have found a way to control a heat-loving... Read More »
The gasoline-alternative biofuel candidate 2,5-dimethylfuran (DMF) demonstrates favorable characteristics to be an effective cold-start fuel, according to a new study ... Read More »
NASA has taken an interest in alternative energy and has recently been experimenting with hydrogen, solar and wind power. NASA has also found an interest in biofuels... Read More »
Petrobras and the Federal Unversity of Grande do Norte inaugurated a pilot plant in Extremoz (state of Rio Grande do Norte) for microalgae cultivation for biodiesel... Read More »
Significant boosts in the microbial production of clean, green and renewable biodiesel fuel has been achieved with the development of a new technique in synthetic... Read More »
The Obama administration has set a target for producing cellulosic ethanol of nearly 40 billion liters each year by 2020. One potential source is Miscanthus x... Read More »
Studies of bacteria first found in Yellowstone's hot springs are furthering efforts at the Department of Energy's BioEnergy Science Center (BESC) toward... Read More »
Researchers at the University of Georgia have taken a major step in the ongoing effort to find sources of cleaner, renewable energy by mapping the genomes of two... Read More »
Lufthansa has announced the positive completion of its burnFAIR project, a six-month practical trail of biosynthetic fuel on the airline’s flights. From July 15 ... Read More »
Science fiction’s insect cyborgs may not be far off. Researchers have shown that an insect's internal chemicals can be converted to electricity, potentially ... Read More »
Clean fuel production generally involves extraction of energy from biomass, such as corn or algae, but what if we could produce clean fuel without the biomass? ... Read More »