Category: Research

JBEI launches new "RNA machines" to program genes for biofuels, industrial biotech

JBEI launches new "RNA machines" to program genes for biofuels, industrial biotech

December 30, 2011 |

In Washington, the DOE announced that their Joint BioEnergy Institute has achieved a major breakthrough in engineering systems of RNA molecules through computer-assisted design, which could lead to important improvements across a range of industries, including the development of cheaper advanced biofuels. Scientists will use these new “RNA machines”, to adjust genetic expression in the […]

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JBEI launches new “RNA machines” to program genes for biofuels, industrial biotech

JBEI launches new “RNA machines” to program genes for biofuels, industrial biotech

December 30, 2011 |

In Washington, the DOE announced that their Joint BioEnergy Institute has achieved a major breakthrough in engineering systems of RNA molecules through computer-assisted design, which could lead to important improvements across a range of industries, including the development of cheaper advanced biofuels. Scientists will use these new “RNA machines”, to adjust genetic expression in the […]

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UC Riverside's plants perform in drought

UC Riverside's plants perform in drought

December 29, 2011 |

In California, researchers at UC Riverside have found a way to heighten a plant’s cellular response to drought.  Plants under drought stress produce abscisic acid, a stress hormone to help the plant survive.  The research, conducted at the laboratory of Associate Professor Sean Cutler, has now succeeded in supercharging the plant’s stress response pathway by […]

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UC Riverside’s plants perform in drought

UC Riverside’s plants perform in drought

December 29, 2011 |

In California, researchers at UC Riverside have found a way to heighten a plant’s cellular response to drought.  Plants under drought stress produce abscisic acid, a stress hormone to help the plant survive.  The research, conducted at the laboratory of Associate Professor Sean Cutler, has now succeeded in supercharging the plant’s stress response pathway by […]

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Ultrasound's impact on biodiesel: new research

Ultrasound's impact on biodiesel: new research

December 28, 2011 |

In Serbia, researchers at the University of Niš explores the effects of ultrasound action in biodiesel production including effects on enzyme catalysts. The research published in the February 2012 issue of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews also looks at how the process can reduce biodiesel production costs.

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Ultrasound’s impact on biodiesel: new research

Ultrasound’s impact on biodiesel: new research

December 28, 2011 |

In Serbia, researchers at the University of Niš explores the effects of ultrasound action in biodiesel production including effects on enzyme catalysts. The research published in the February 2012 issue of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews also looks at how the process can reduce biodiesel production costs.

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12M liters of biofuel from waste wrapping and Christmas cards, say UK scientists

12M liters of biofuel from waste wrapping and Christmas cards, say UK scientists

December 27, 2011 |

In the UK, researchers at Imperial College London say that the Christmas wrapping paper and Christmas cards used in the country could provide enough biomass to produce sufficient biofuel for driving a double-decker bus to the moon and back more than 20 times. Between the 1.5 billion cards and the 83 square kilometers of wrapping […]

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Ecofys releases global biodiesel trade report

Ecofys releases global biodiesel trade report

December 26, 2011 |

In Germany, Ecofys Germany GmbH compiled a report on the market development for biodiesel in the German and international biodiesel markets. The report not only examines the production and sales development in the most important countries of the European Union, and the also takes the USA, Argentina, Malaysia and Indonesia aamong other countries. The trade […]

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Finns cut cost of fuel cells by 60 percent, using ethanol

Finns cut cost of fuel cells by 60 percent, using ethanol

December 23, 2011 |

In Finland, Aalto University researchers have discovered a method for manufacturing fuel cells that require 60 per cent less of costly catalysts than current methods.  By using the Aalto University researchers’ ALD method, the anode cover can be much thinner and more even than before, lowering costs and increasing quality. Additionally, by using alcohol fuels […]

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Finns develop wood-to-butanol process

Finns develop wood-to-butanol process

December 22, 2011 |

In Finland, researchers at Aalto University have discovered a method to produce butanol from wood biomass using microbes. The university says that when wood biomass is boiled in a mixture of water, alcohol and sulphur dioxide, all parts of the wood – cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin – are separated into clean fractions. The cellulose can […]

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