New molecule may aid in production of biofuels and fungi-resistant plants
In a recent study published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, scientists report on the discovery of a new molecule that is essential for degradation of the biopolymer chitin. This new molecule could eventually aid in the engineering of fungi-resistant plants and could also lead to the discovery of similar molecules that can be used in cellulose-based biofuel production. The research...Biofuels can replace about 30 percent of fuel needs with significant research and policy effort
With world oil demand growing, supplies dwindling and the potential for weather- and conflict-related supply interruptions, other types of fuels and technologies are needed to help pick up the slack. A group of experts in science, engineering and public policy from the Georgia Institute of Technology, the Imperial College London and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory recommend a comprehensi...Biofuels researcher searches for new sources
The words are becoming familiar, even if the products aren't: biofuel, biobased, biodiesel, bioethanol. All refer to fuel that's made from bio-produced materials such as plants. Chengci Chen (pronounced Chen-see Chen), an assistant professor of cropping systems at the Central Agricultural Research Center at Moccasin, Mont., and his collaborators are investigating Montana's potential for p...New biofuels process promises to meet all US transportation needs
Purdue University chemical engineers have proposed a new environmentally friendly process for producing liquid fuels from plant matter - or biomass - potentially available from agricultural and forest waste, providing all of the fuel needed for "the entire U.S. transportation sector." The new approach modifies conventional methods for producing liquid fuels from biomass by adding hydrogen...ConocoPhillips establishes $22.5M biofuels research program at Iowa State
ConocoPhillips will establish an eight-year, $22.5 million research program at Iowa State University dedicated to developing technologies that produce biorenewable fuels. The grant is part of ConocoPhillips' plan to create joint research programs with major universities to produce viable solutions to diversify America's energy sources. ConocoPhillips will make an initial $1.5 million gran...Kind approach to leveraging biofuels
Like many farmers in Wisconsin, th...Doyle urges Legislature to support biofuels program
Doyle, in his most pointed remarks to date, said ever...Madison business receives $115,000 of new state biofuels funding
C5-6, which will produce enzymes for use in the development of biofuels, will receive a $115,000 grant as part of the <a href="http://www.wisgov.state.wi.us/journal-media-det...UW-Madison gets $333,000 for biofuels research
The grants, announced by Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman and Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns, include a $333,000 award to UW...It's not exactly OPEC, but Midwest states are trading ideas on biofuels
Brendan Jordan of the Great Plains Institute...Cancer Research May Help Biofuels
Nearly a decade ago, Tom Todaro was talking to researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center about techniques the institute had devised to slow down tumor// growth by slowing the rate at which tumor cells divide. Then they had an idea. Why not exploit the reaction in reverse and get cells to grow faster? The result was Targeted Growth, a company that has come up...FAO Says Biofuels Threatening Food Security
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned that diverting food crop land to extensive cultivation for biofuels would damage biodiversity and lead to a serious threat to food security. "Poor countries will have to cope with a nine percent rise on food imports and the poorest, which will import most, will pay an extra 10 percent", the FAO report said Thursd...