News articles tagged with 'cellulose'
Nanoscale whiskers from sea creatures could grow human muscle tissue
— 12 Mar 2011 14:44 | BiologyMinute whiskers of nanoscale dimensions taken from sea creatures could hold the key to creating working human muscle tissue, University of Manchester researchers have discovered…
Engineers demonstrate use of proteins as raw material for biofuels, biorefining
— 8 Mar 2011 14:59 | TechnologyTwo types of raw materials are currently used for biorefining and biofuel production: carbohydrates and lipids. Biofuels like ethanol are derived from carbohydrate raw materials such…
BESC scores a first with isobutanol directly from cellulose
— 8 Mar 2011 13:59 | ChemistryIn the quest for inexpensive biofuels, cellulose proved no match for a bioprocessing strategy and genetically engineered microbe developed by researchers at the Department of Energy's…
Overfertilising corn undermines ethanol
— 26 Feb 2011 18:03 | EnvironmentRice University scientists and their colleagues have found that when growing corn crops for ethanol, more means less…
Microbiologists at TU Muenchen aim to optimise bio-ethanol production
— 4 Feb 2011 16:13 | TechnologyFood versus fuel - this rivalry is gaining significance against a backdrop of increasingly scarce farmland and a concurrent trend towards the use of bio-fuels. Researchers at the Technische…
Neutrons helping ORNL researchers unlock secrets to cheaper ethanol
— 16 Sep 2010 04:52 | TechnologyNew insight into the structure of switchgrass and poplars is fuelling discussions that could result in more efficient methods to turn biomass into biofuel…
Researchers expand yeast's sugary diet to include plant fibre
— 10 Sep 2010 11:40 | BiologyUniversity of California, Berkeley, researchers have taken genes from grass-eating fungi and stuffed them into yeast, creating strains that produce alcohol from tough plant material…
Biofuel study looks at cost to wildlife and environmental diversity
— 5 Aug 2010 10:13 | EnvironmentWhether we can grow bio-energy crops such as switchgrass and forage sorghum isn't the question, said a Texas AgriLife Research scientist…
New hydrolysis model promising tool in cellulosic biofuel studies
— 27 Jul 2010 10:41 | ChemistryScientists are working hard to develop the tools and find the organisms to break down the complex structure of plant cellulose into its component sugars - the key step toward fermentation…
Cellulose: Hard to digest, but full of energy
— 21 Jul 2010 07:48 | BiologyGrains, vegetables and fruit taste delicious and are important sources of energy. However, humans cannot digest the main component of plants - the cellulose in the cell wall. Even in…