Dec
7
Could Synthetic Fuel End U.S. Need for Crude Oil?
December 7, 2012 | 1 Comment
A team of Princeton researchers led by Christodoulos Floudas, a professor of chemical and biological engineering at Princeton, evaluated scenarios in which the United States could power its vehicles with synthetic fuels rather than relying on oil. The team’s conclusion is the U. S. could eliminate the need for crude oil by using a combination […]
Dec
6
A Better Way to Move the Heat
December 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment
A research Team at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has developed a new method for significantly increasing the heat transfer rate across two different materials. Heat transfer is a critical aspect of many different technologies. As computer chips grow smaller and more complex, manufacturers are constantly in search of new and better means for removing excess heat […]
Dec
5
Cutting Costs to Recapture CO2
December 5, 2012 | 1 Comment
TU Darmstadt’s Institute for Energy Systems and Technology (TUD) has been conducting pilot-scale investigations of a “carbonate looping” method for CO2 capture. For some CO2 is a natural disaster in the making while others realize the molecule is the blood of all life on earth. Everyone could agree that mankind would do well to become […]
Dec
4
A New Route to Engineer Plant Genes For Biofuels
December 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment
A research group from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) uses a different concept of gene manipulation techniques to engineer plants that can be more easily broken down into biofuels. Plants high in lignin and hemicelluloses – lignocellulosic biomass – have a high content of pentose sugars (five carbon atoms) that are more difficult to […]
Dec
3
Marine Algae Genetic Engineering Begins
December 3, 2012 | 2 Comments
Biology scientists at University of California San Diego genetically engineered marine algae to produce five different kinds of industrially important enzymes and say the same process they used could be employed to enhance the yield of petroleum-like compounds from these salt-water algae. The team believes with good reason that marine algae can be just as […]
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