MIT’s Biomass Breakthrough: 100% Sustainable Jet Fuel From Plant Waste
MIT researchers are converting the plant material lignin into hydrocarbon molecules that could help make jet fuel 100 percent sustainable. An MIT research team is…
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Clearing the Path for CO2 Capture: MIT’s Anti-Fouling Breakthrough in Photobioreactor Technology
Applying a small voltage to the walls of algae-growing tanks can prevent cloudy buildup and allow more photosynthesis to happen. Algae grown in transparent tanks…
Exciting Possibilities: New Species of Microalgae Discovered
The discovery of ultrasmall microalgae in a home aquarium could have multiple useful applications. Researchers from the University of Tokyo have uncovered a new species…
Biofuel Research: Full Decarbonization of U.S. Aviation Sector Is Within Grasp
Research demonstrates a pathway to sustainably produce biojet fuel domestically and meet the country’s growing aviation fuel demand. Every day in the United States, 45,000…
New Processs Could Allow for 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel
A collaboration between the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Washington State University opens the door to sustainable jet fuel. An…
Availability of Vital Renewable Energy Source at Risk From Climate Change
Climate change is putting the availability of biomass fuels and technologies – a vital alternative to fossil fuels – at risk, according to new research….
As These Bacteria Eat, They Generate a Strange Molecule That Can Be Used To Make Jet Fuel
Aircraft are indispensable in the modern age for transporting people, delivering goods, and performing military operations, but the petroleum-based fuels that power them are in…
Newly Discovered Enzyme May Enable the Utilization of Agroindustrial Waste
Brazilian researchers discovered, characterized, and validated the functions of two novel enzyme families with biotechnological potential. One method of reducing reliance on oil and other…
3D-Printed “Nano-Skyscrapers” Help Bacteria Convert Sunlight Into Electricity
Researchers have made tiny ‘skyscrapers’ for communities of bacteria, helping them to generate electricity from just sunlight and water. The researchers, from the University of…
Banana Split: Extracting Hydrogen Fuel From Banana Peels
As the world’s energy demands increase, so does our consumption of fossil fuels. The result is a massive rise in greenhouse gases emissions with severely…
The US Biofuel Mandate Helps Farmers, but Harms the Environment
If you’ve pumped gas at a U.S. service station over the past decade, you’ve put biofuel in your tank. Thanks to the federal Renewable Fuel…
Bioenergy: Friendly Fungi Boost Growth for Biofuel Source
An Oak Ridge National Laboratory team has successfully introduced a poplar gene into switchgrass, an important biofuel source, that allows switchgrass to interact with a…
Modern-Day Alchemy: Transforming Sugar Into Hydrocarbons To Power Future Cars
In a new study, genetically engineered E. coli eat glucose, then help turn it into molecules found in gasoline. It sounds like modern-day alchemy: Transforming…
Training Microbes To Make Sustainable, Carbon-Neutral Fuel
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have discovered a new way to train microbes to make a readily usable biofuel. A team of biologists…
Using Microbes To Make Martian Rocket BioFuel on Mars
A new study outlines a biotechnology process to produce rocket fuel on red planet. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a concept…
New Target Discovered for Increasing Plant Oil Content – Applications in Bioenergy, Chemical Engineering, and Nutrition
Scientists ID Sterol Essential for Oil Accumulation in Plants Scientists seeking to unravel the details of how plants produce and accumulate oil have identified a…
Covalent Organic Frameworks: Harnessing Sunlight To Fuel the Future
Scientists underscore the potential of a new class of materials to convert sunlight to fuel. Be it rising fuel prices or failures in electricity power…
New Bioprocess Efficiently Converts Plant Materials Into Biofuel and Valuable Chemicals
A team of scientists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign developed a bioprocess using engineered yeast that completely and efficiently converted plant matter consisting of…