Jun
4
Microbes Make Fuel Directly From Biomass
June 4, 2014 | 2 Comments
Janet Westpheling at the University of Georgia (UG) has engineered microbes allowing the direct conversion of switchgrass to ethanol. Her study paper was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, documenting the direct conversion of biomass to ethanol without a pre-treatment, using the engineered bacterium Caldicellulosiruptor bescii. Hopes for affordable transportation fuels […]
Jun
3
Hydrogen Gas Stored as a Liquid and Back Again
June 3, 2014 | Leave a Comment
Scientists at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have designed a solution for transforming hydrogen gas into a less flammable liquid fuel that can be safely stored and transported and then returned to the gas state. The new technology has another application – the technology could be used with atmospheric carbon dioxide to synthesize a […]
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