In a collaboration of universities across the U.S., Iceland and the United Arab Emirates the metabolic network of the algae strain Chlamydomonas reinhardtii has been documented.  This will provide a new platform for genomic data analysis and phenotype prediction. A metabolic network reconstruction encompasses existing knowledge about an organism’s metabolism and the genome. The research […]

The hydronium ion – a difficult to find, see and assess molecule has been spotted and tracked by a Los Alamos Laboratory team. In a paper appearing this week in Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Los Alamos researchers join an international team in describing the role played by the elusive hydronium ion in the transfer of […]

With little fanfare Andrea Rossi’s Leonardo Corporation Inc., of the state New Hampshire, in the U.S. through EFA- Energia da Fonti Alternative srl, of Italy has terminated Praxen Defkalion Green Technologies Ltd. of Cyprus rights for the production of the Rossi E-Cat. The text of the press release is as follows with minor edits: PRESS […]

According to Promode Kant from the Institute of Green Economy in India and Shuirong Wu of the Chinese Academy of Forestry some 12.8 million ha (49,421 square miles) are expected to be planted with jatropha by 2015. Most anyone would be thrilled that such a large area is going to support jatropha oil for fuel […]

Researchers at Annamalai University of Tamil Nadu, India have worked out how to blend ethanol and dimethyl ether, both renewable chemicals, with diesel to produce a significantly improved fuel.  M. P. Ashok of Annamalai University reports the American Chemical Society’s journal Energy & Fuels that adding dimethyl ether (DME) to an ethanol/diesel emulsion results in […]

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