Engineers at Purdue University are developing robots that are able to make "educated guesses" and are better predictors of their environment and are able to better navigate. According to...
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BioWorld Today has released BioWorld Biofuels Report 2007, a study of the current biofuels market, which includes insight into the history, statistics and forecasts. Examples of chart and...
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The International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and Sustainability (I-CARES) has been spearheaded by the Washington University in St. Louis to encourage and coordinate university-wide and...
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Researchers are exploring the use of crab and lobster shells to power microbial fuel cells beneath the sea, which are used to power sensors for such measurements as temperature, pressure, salinity,...
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Researchers have confirmed that viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus, a deadly virus causing anemia and hemorrhaging in fish has spread to 19 other species and has already reached epidemic proportions....
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In a study published online in the April 6 issue of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, scientists report of identifying more than 200 species of petroleum-degrading bacteria from the Rancho La...
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As a follow-up to a previous entry indicating that biofuels actually pose more health hazards than the conventional gasoline, here comes another report suggesting that biodiesel could potentially...
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A study published in the April 18 online edition of the journal Environmental Science & Technology suggests that despite the fact that biofuels are regarded to be more environmentally friendly,...
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ConocoPhillips is investing $22.5 million on a research program at the Iowa state University to develop technologies that produce biorenewable fuels. The grant consists of an initial $1.5 million in...
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A natural soil bacterium called Bacillus pasteurii can be used to steady buildings against earthquakes. These microbes (together with additional nutrients and oxygen) can turn a sand pile into...
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Researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia (MU) and Midwest Research Institute (MRI) in kansas city have developed carbon briquettes from corncob waste materials. These briquettes have...
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Researchers have developed a natural, environmentally-friendly method of converting sugarcane bagasse into raw material for paper, through the action of enzymes produced by a filamentous fungus...
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Researchers from Iowa State University are exploring the uses of a chemical compound that could break down cellulosic plant materials to simple sugars, thus speeding up its fermentation into ethanol....
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In an article published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, scientist report of purified protein extracted from Shewanella oneidensis which may be used in designing miniature bioreactor...
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Amyris Biotechnologies, Inc., a privately-held company applying advances in synthetic biology to produce high-value pharmaceuticals, fine chemicals and biofuels, has raised $20 million in a first...
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An international group of scientists will be sequencing the genome of the oyster mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus, which is not only an important food source, but also a model for studying the carbon...
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Because (biofuel) ethanol production from grasses such as switchgrass or alfalfa is not as efficient as from corn, scientists are focusing on another fermentation side-product, which researchers...
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Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory are tapping a microorganism called Thermatoga neapolitana to produce hydrogen gas that may be used as an...
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Chorolphyll is a pivotal molecule in the photosynthesis process. Using a scanning tunneling microscope, nanoscientists from the Ohio University were able to manipulate the configuration of the spinach...
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In 2003, Dupont and Bunge North America formed a collaboration to develop soy food products using Dupont's Pioneer® brand soybean varieties. Under this partnership, low linolenic soybean oil were...
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