Tag: University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota researcher testing metal catalysts to boost corn-based fuel

University of Minnesota researcher testing metal catalysts to boost corn-based fuel

November 18, 2025 |

In Minnesota, making alcohol is a biological catalytic process as old as civilization, but, even with the latest refinements, the biology in the process requires the sacrifice of about a third of the glucose molecules in the lifecycle of the yeast catalyst, producing CO2 along with the alcohol. Paul Dauenhauer, a University of Minnesota Professor […]

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Cargill grant supports University of Minnesota effort to develop new crops that produce biofuels

Cargill grant supports University of Minnesota effort to develop new crops that produce biofuels

February 10, 2024 |

In Minnesota, the University of Minnesota said that Cargill has awarded $2.5 million to the Forever Green Initiative at the University of Minnesota to support research into two novel oilseed crops—winter camelina and domesticated winter pennycress—that can produce seed-based oil for low-carbon transportation fuels. “Winter camelina and pennycress could be truly transformative for farmers, the […]

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