News articles tagged with 'ethanol'
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…
Bioengineers develop bacterial strain to increase ethanol biofuel production
— 10 Dec 2010 20:33 | EnvironmentA team of Bioengineers in the United States have modified a strain of bacteria to increase its ability to produce ethanol. The research, published in Biotechnology and Bioengineering,…
Grasses have potential as alternate ethanol crop, Illinois study finds
— 2 Nov 2010 13:51 | EnvironmentMoney may not grow on trees, but energy could grow in grass. Researchers at the University of Illinois have completed the first extensive geographic yield and economic analysis of potential…
Bioenergy choices could dramatically change Midwest bird diversity
— 5 Oct 2010 03:49 | EnvironmentAmbitious plans to expand acreage of bioenergy crops could have a major impact on birds in the Upper Midwest, according to a study published today (Oct. 4) in the online edition of…
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…
New technique improves efficiency of biofuel production
— 1 Jul 2010 11:50 | EnvironmentResearchers at North Carolina State University have developed a more efficient technique for producing biofuels from woody plants that significantly reduces the waste that results from…
New yeast can ferment more sugar, make more cellulosic ethan
— 8 Jun 2010 13:54 | BiologyPurdue University scientists have improved a strain of yeast that can produce more biofuel from cellulosic plant material by fermenting all five types of the plant's sugars…
Wine-making yeast shows promise for bioethanol production
— 14 May 2010 13:09 | BiologyResearchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified a gene in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae that might be important for ethanol production from plant material,…
Biofuel chemistry more complex than petroleum
— 12 May 2010 16:00 | TechnologyUnderstanding the key elements of biofuel combustion is an important step toward insightful selection of next-generation alternative fuels…