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Hybrid grass may prove to be valuable fuel source

...can grow 13 feet high, may be a valuable renewable fuel source for the future, researchers at the Universi...he easiest way to get electricity is using a solid fuel such as coal." Dry, leafless Miscanthus stems can be used as a solid fuel. The cool-weather-friendly...

Microbe has huge role in ocean life, carbon cycle

...mal life, not to mention the atmosphere and fossil fuel formation." SAR11 was first discovered at OSU in 1990. Since then researchers have learned that populations of SAR11 increase during the summer and decrease during the winter, in a cycle that correlates to the ebb and flow of organic carbon in the o...

UF researchers kill resistant bugs one bandage at a time

... from infections. Bacteria in a wound "is like jet fuel for these bugs," Schultz said. "Gauze is still the most commonly used dressing for wounds," he said. "But the problem with gauze is when it absorbs fluid, it forms a great avenue for bacteria and fungus to grow. This treatment actually makes the gau...

Pollution-eating bacteria produce electricity

...lectronic devices. As long as the bacteria are fed fuel they are able to produce electricity 24 hours a da...w idea. Other researchers have developed microbial fuel cells using simple sugars or organic waste products. What makes Milliken's and May's discovery so un...

UCR biochemist goes to Washington with high-protein corn

...or feeding animals or made into corn sweeteners or fuel alcohol. Corn, the most widely produced feed grain..., sweeteners, beverage and industrial alcohol, and fuel ethanol. "Nearly 800 million people in the world suffer from protein-energy malnutrition, which is ...

Study uncovers dirty little secret: Soil emissions are much-bigger-than-expected component of air pollution

Nitrogen oxides produced by huge fires and fossil fuel combustion are a major component of air pollution....wide each year, with 64 percent coming from fossil fuel combustion, 14 percent from burning and a surprising 22 percent from soil, said Lyatt Jaeglé, a UW a...

Sensor web simulation investigates technique to improve prediction of pollution across the globe

...lumes of particulates into the troposphere. Fossil fuel burning in industrial areas and vehicular traffic in metropolitan areas are also major pollutant sources. Complex chemical interactions and atmospheric processes can transport these pollutants across thousands of miles. To improve our ability to tra...

High carbon dioxide levels spur Southern pines to grow more needles

...ted by 2050 due to human activities such as fossil fuel burning. Other stands are left as untreated controls for comparison. The elevated carbon dioxide is delivered from rings of towers in the open air setting of a Southern forest ecosystem. McCarthy found that, over the most recent six years of the FAC...

Green diesel: New process makes liquid transportation fuel from plants

... discovered a new way to make a diesel-like liquid fuel from carbohydrates commonly found in plants. Repo... "It's a very efficient process," says Huber. "The fuel produced contains 90 percent of the energy found in the carbohydrate and hydrogen feed. If you look ...

Ethanol and biodiesel from crops not worth the energy

... plants such as corn, soybeans and sunflowers into fuel uses much more energy than the resulting ethanol o...rn requires 29 percent more fossil energy than the fuel produced; # switch grass requires 45 percent more fossil energy than the fuel produced; and # wood b...

Using the genomic shortcut to predict bacterial behavior

... plants such as corn, soybeans and sunflowers into fuel uses much more energy than the resulting ethanol o...rn requires 29 percent more fossil energy than the fuel produced; # switch grass requires 45 percent more fossil energy than the fuel produced; and # wood b...

Fluoride poisoning in China due to clay, not coal

...er than burning large blocks of coal. The combined fuel is used to dry corn before storing it. Corn, however, absorbs more smoke than other grains, such as rice or wheat. Zheng's team found that only 15 per cent of the fluoride released when the coal and clay mixture is burnt comes from the coal. The fl...

The making of a fat cell

... body needs fat cells, both as a storage depot for fuel and as cells that sense hormonal and energy status and in response, secrete hormones that maintain whole-body energy balance," said study author Alan Saltiel. "However, you don't want too many, big fat cells. It's a careful balance, and many diseases...

System Drastically Cuts Down Botulism Detection Time

... body needs fat cells, both as a storage depot for fuel and as cells that sense hormonal and energy status and in response, secrete hormones that maintain whole-body energy balance," said study author Alan Saltiel. "However, you don't want too many, big fat cells. It's a careful balance, and many diseases...

Short-term Bio Sensors Monitor From Afar

... body needs fat cells, both as a storage depot for fuel and as cells that sense hormonal and energy status and in response, secrete hormones that maintain whole-body energy balance," said study author Alan Saltiel. "However, you don't want too many, big fat cells. It's a careful balance, and many diseases...

Key To Stem Cell Transplant Success Is Tricking Immune System

... body needs fat cells, both as a storage depot for fuel and as cells that sense hormonal and energy status and in response, secrete hormones that maintain whole-body energy balance," said study author Alan Saltiel. "However, you don't want too many, big fat cells. It's a careful balance, and many diseases...

Researchers find ways to turn manure into power

...cord oil prices and incentives to find alternative fuel sources are lighting a fire under research to turn... "The low-ash feedlot biomass would be much better fuel than high-ash feedlot biomass," Sweeten said. "The problem is, there is not that much of it in the c...

New cell transplantation technique restores insulin production in diabetics

... necessary to metabolize sugar, which is the basic fuel that all cells need. With this minimally invasive technique, donor islet cells are injected into diabetic patients so that the new, healthy islet cells can restore insulin production, essentially stopping the progression of the disease. The study in...

Chernobyl: The true scale of the accident

...of the current shelter, removal of the radioactive fuel mass from the damaged unit and, eventually, decommissioning of the damaged reactor. A comprehensive strategy still has to be developed for dealing with the high level and long-lived radioactive waste from past remediation activities. Much of this wa...

Mammalian Transcriptome Mapped

...her biology, he adds, but this result is likely to fuel research for years to come. The article, "Antisense Transcription in the Mammalian Genome" is authored by S. Katayama, Y. Tomaru, T. Kasukawa, K. Waki, M. Nakanishi, M. Nakamura, H. Nishida, C.C. Yap, M. Suzuki, P. Carninci, Y. Hayashizaki, C. Wells...

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