 Iowa State chemist hopes startup company can revolutionize biodiesel production July 02, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 34 vote(s)
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Line up 250 billion of Victor Lin’s nanospheres and you’ve traveled a meter. But those particles – and just the right chemistry filling the channels that run through them – could make a big difference in biodiesel ... | |
New biomass technology dramatically increases ethanol yield from grasses and yard waste July 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 55 vote(s)
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University of Georgia researchers have developed a new technology that promises to dramatically increase the yield of ethanol from readily available non-food crops, such as Bermudagrass, switchgrass, Napiergrass—and even ... | |
 Sweet success for pioneering hydrogen energy project May 23, 2006 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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Bacteria that can munch through confectionery could be a valuable source of non-polluting energy in the years ahead, new research has shown. In a feasibility study funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences ... | |
Novel sugar-to-hydrogen technology promises transportation fuel independence May 23, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 63 vote(s)
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The hydrogen economy is not a futuristic concept. The U.S. Department of Energy's 2006 Advance Energy Initiative calls for competitive ethanol from plant sources by 2012 and a good selection of hydrogen-powered fuel cell ... | |
Cutting greenhouse gases: wood chips in, alcohol out June 12, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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California researchers plan to make biofuels in a novel way that doesn’t involve food crops or microbial fermentation. | |
 Japan: Total Mobility Project Converts Standard Auto to Solar November 01, 2007 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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The Prefecture of Fukushima, Japan and the Total Mobility Project have announced the creation of a solar powered auto converted from a standard Mazda Roadster. The joint efforts of government and citizen groups ... | |
Researcher converts biodiesel-waste glycerol into omega-3 fatty acids August 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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The typical American diet often lacks omega-3 fatty acids despite clinical research that shows their potential human health benefits. Zhiyou Wen, assistant professor of biological systems engineering in Virginia Tech's College ... | |
 Toyota Annouces R&D for Standard Current Prius November 12, 2007 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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Toyota announces plans in the works to create a Prius Hybrid model that will run on a standard current. The development is still in the research phase and will be released as soon as all quality control issues ... | |
 From Farm Waste to Fuel Tanks February 16, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 48 vote(s)
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Using corncob waste as a starting material, researchers have created carbon briquettes with complex nanopores capable of storing natural gas at an unprecedented density of 180 times their own volume and at ... | |
 Electricity from a thin film February 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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Teams of researchers all over the world are working on the development of organic solar cells. The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Freiburg is presenting avenues towards industrial mass ... | |
Researchers convert farm waste to bio-oil July 28, 2006 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Samy Sadaka reached into a garbage bag, picked up a mixture of cow manure and corn stalks, let it run through his fingers and invited a visitor to do the same... It wasn't that bad. | |
From Sugar to Gasoline September 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 45 vote(s)
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Following independent paths of investigation, two research teams are announcing this month that they have successfully converted sugar-potentially derived from agricultural waste and non-food plants-into gasoline, diesel, ... | |
Copying nature could save us energy, study shows May 09, 2006 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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New technologies that mimic the way insects, plants and animals overcome engineering problems could help reduce our dependence on energy, according to new research published in the Royal Society journal Interface. | |
 'Omnivorous engine' hopes to run on many fuels September 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The 'omnivorous engine' is no picky eater. Gasoline? Down the hatch. Ethanol? Butanol? It'll slurp those up too. The creators of the omnivorous engine, engineers at the U.S. Department of ... | |
Ethanol analysis confirms benefits of biofuels January 08, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Controversy over the benefits of using corn-based ethanol in vehicles has been fueled by studies showing that converting corn into ethanol may use more fossil energy than the energy contained in the ethanol produced. Now ... | |
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