Apr
4
An Important Hydrogen Producing Enzyme Analyzed
April 4, 2017 | Leave a Comment
Ruhr-University Bochum researchers have analyzed how green algae manufacture complex components of a hydrogen-producing enzyme. The enzyme, known as the hydrogenase, may become relevant for the biotechnological commercial production of hydrogen. So far, little is known about the way organisms form this type of hydrogenases under natural conditions. Using novel synthetic biology methods, the team […]
Jan
8
A Major New Cellulose Enzyme Discovery
January 8, 2014 | Leave a Comment
Researchers at the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have discovered an enzyme that digests cellulose almost twice as fast as the current leading enzyme on the market. NREL researchers first discovered the enzyme in a microorganism found in the Valley of Geysers on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula in 1990. The team’s paper “Revealing Nature’s […]
Jul
11
Strange and True – Fungus can Power Electricity
July 11, 2013 | 2 Comments
In a new concept for biofuel cells Sabine Sané, doctoral candidate in the research training group Micro Energy Harvesting at the Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK) of the University of Freiburg, has found a way to make a species of tree fungus useful for the production of electricity. The idea is so innovative and unique […]
Jun
11
Good News for Corn Ethanol and Feeding the World
June 11, 2013 | 2 Comments
A new enzyme technology allowing the corn ethanol biofuels industry to produce more ethanol with less corn while saving energy and improving profits was announced yesterday. The technology is a new pair of enzymes combined with a third one that Novozymes shows saves up to 5% of the corn used in U.S. ethanol production. Even […]
May
10
Ionic liquid pretreatments show great potential as a biomass pretreatment for dissolving lignocellulose and helping to hydrolyze the resulting aqueous solution into fuel sugars. But the best of these ionic liquids so far have required the use of expensive enzymes. Blake Simmons, a chemical engineer who heads the Joint BioEnergy Institute’s (JBEI) Deconstruction Division has […]
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