Feb
3
Fuel and Food In Just One Step
February 3, 2015 | Leave a Comment
A team at the National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences in Japan has developed an efficient production of both ethanol biofuel and animal feed from one crop. Using rice, the predominate grass and starch crop in Japan, the work can be done on a farm without the need for an off-site processor. The research has been […]
Sep
24
Human Microbes May Help Make Biofuel
September 24, 2014 | Leave a Comment
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UI) scientists report some of the best microbial candidates to make biofuel actually may reside in the human lower intestine. Researchers have looked far and wide for microbes that break down hemicellulose focusing over the past years on termite gut microbes because they breakdown wood tissues effectively and cow stomach […]
Aug
27
Genetic Research Shows Path to Easier Biofuel Production
August 27, 2013 | 1 Comment
Research findings published online in Science Express show a way for new initiatives supporting a bio-based fuel economy. An international collaboration of plant scientists from VIB and Ghent University (Belgium), the University of Dundee (UK), The James Hutton Institute (UK) and the University of Wisconsin (USA) identified a gene in the biosynthetic pathway of lignin, […]
Jun
28
Can An Algae Save Coal Power Generation?
June 28, 2013 | 7 Comments
University of Delaware (UD) researcher Kathryn Coyne is growing algae in her lab at UD’s Lewes campus that could help cut power plant emissions and serve as a base ingredient for biofuel. The microscopic algae Heterosigma akashiwo grows rapidly on a gas mixture that has the same carbon dioxide and nitric oxide content as emissions […]
Dec
26
More Sugar Equals More Fuel
December 26, 2012 | 4 Comments
A team of researchers at the Joint BioEnergy Institute, University of California, Berkeley, and Technical University of Denmark set out to identify the enzymes that catalyze the production of galactan. Their new study published in the journal The Plant Cell reveals a novel enzyme involved in the production of galactans. The enzyme may be used […]