Mar
22
Progress With a New Idea on Getting the Sugar From Biomass
March 22, 2013 | 1 Comment
Ionic liquids are the current leading edge of research to get the tough to get sugars from cellulosic and lignin tissues of plants. News has broken via a prepublication release of a paper from a team at the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI). The JBEI team at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has developed a novel […]
Oct
7
Fuel From The Air a Step Closer
October 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment
University of Illinois chemical and biological engineering professor Paul Kenis and his research group joined with researchers at Dioxide Materials, a startup company, have found a catalyst that improves artificial photosynthesis. Artificial photosynthesis is the process of converting atmospheric carbon dioxide gas into useful carbon freed of the oxygen to make carbon-based chemicals, particularly fuel […]
Mar
23
A New Way to Get Oil Out of Sand
March 23, 2011 | 3 Comments
An absolute nemesis for both the environmentalist and the oil producer is oil in sand. Whether its oil soaking into the beach or billions of barrels in sand reservoirs, getting oil out of sand is a very big idea. Now Penn State researchers seem to have a new and very workable solution. A new, more […]