Earlier this month, we asked whether perennial grasses such as switchgrass and miscanthus can replace corn as the crop of choice for ethanol, a biofuel. The pros of grasses: they're cheap, they don't ...

Important fuels and chemicals have been made in genetically engineered strains of Escherichia coli by modifying this microbe’s fatty acid synthase (FAS), stimulating the bacterium to produce chemicals ...

A Cornell professor believes biofuel can make fuel cleaner, and was recently part of a team granted $2 million by the Department of Energy to research the future of biofuel use in diesel engines. Prof ...

Biofuels are portable energy sources that are compatible with the infrastructure in place for petroleum-based transportation, so they are appealing alternatives to fossil fuels. In terms of large ...

To thwart interfering microbes, scientists created biofuel-making bacteria and yeasts that get essential nutrients from manmade sources. Scientists haven’t ironed out all the kinks of making biofuels ...

How do you feed the world, make biofuel, and remain sustainable? In this World Economic Forum discussion, MIT chemical engineer Kristala Prather says that microbes might provide an answer.

AUSTIN, Texas — Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering have developed a new source of renewable energy, a biofuel, from genetically engineered yeast cells ...

PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL, Nov. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Blue Biofuels, Inc. (OTCQB: BIOF). Blue Biofuels, a pioneer in the renewable energy sector, has officially contracted with the engineering ...

Argonne collaborates with U.S. laboratories on research to identify promising biofuels for different engine types. Biofuel is closer to becoming a cost-competitive, climate-friendly solution for ...

Engineering of plants with improved properties as biofuels feedstocks by vessel-specific complementation of xylan biosynthesis mutants Pia D Petersen, Jane Lau, Berit Ebert, Fan Yang, Yves ...

Helping bacteria become more efficient when breaking down fibrous plant waste into biofuel could result in more affordable biofuels for our gas tanks and sustainable products such as bioplastics. One ...

Researchers have designed and built equipment that can be used to investigate bacterial biofuel production at a fraction of the cost of commercial systems. This technology was then used to demonstrate ...