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Photo courtesy of Texas AgriLife Research.The discovery of a gene that regulates flowering in sorghum grass could be of benefit…
It’s one of the key challenges of our generation: transforming our global energy use from emissions-intensive, non-renewable fossil fuels to low-carbon, sustainable energy technologies. The challenge for…
“We are fortunate to be alive at this moment in history. Never before has our nation enjoyed, at once, so much prosperity and social progress with so little internal crisis and so few external threats…
Panda poop is particularly effective in breaking down plant material so it can be used for biofuel. The bacteria from the…
Alligator fat could be a key component in future biofuel production due to its high lipid content. The alligator meat processing…
A new catalyst material that could replace chemicals currently derived from petroleum has been developed. The catalyst will…
Scientists have identified several new genes that improve yeast’s ability to use xylose, a five-carbon sugar that can make…
Not many things like to live in boiling hot geothermal pools, but a recently discovered enzyme’s heat-loving metabolism could…
Scientists have created a glucose-powered biofuel cell that is five to 10 times more powerful than existing cells and lasts weeks longer, paving the way for implanted medical devices that run on the body’s…
Tropical grass-fed cattle in Australia’s north, which constitute half of the country’s beef industry, emit up to 30% less of the greenhouse gas methane than first thought, CSIRO scientists have found…
Governments and communities must take urgent action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions this decade or face enormous social and economic costs in future, according a report by the Australian government’s…
Second-generation bio-fuels could keep the aviation industry aloft while reducing emissions. Researchers are producing bio-fuels…
A home-grown, waste-fed biofuels market could be an environmental opportunity, as well as solving some economic and fuel…
FOOD SECURITY - The World Bank has warned rising food prices have risen 36% in the last year, reaching dangerous levels and pushing millions into poverty. The unrest in the Middle East, Africa and Haiti…
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