In South Korea, Korea Bizwire reports the Korea Institute of Science and Technology has developed a process to produce biodiesel from lignocellulosic biomass thanks to a microorganism, expanding potential feedstocks for biodiesel to include vast amounts of paper waste including delivery boxes. The microorganism produces biodiesel by consuming the sugars in biomass, specifically glucose and […]
In Germany, researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum are looking at the benefits of biopolymers for the targeted introduction of fertilizers into agricultural soils and to develop a method to encapsulate fertilizer and continuously introduce it into the soil. The capsule material forms a barrier to the environment and is intended to prevent a sudden release of […]
In Illinois, the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center (NCERC) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has launched a new initiative “Future Leaders of Future Fuels,” focused on developing its own employees’ knowledge of the biofuels industry. The Future Leaders have been tasked with three projects to complete in the coming months including a corn ethanol trial, redesigning […]
In California, scientists at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed a new tool that adapts machine learning algorithms to the needs of synthetic biology to guide development systematically. The innovation means scientists will not have to spend years developing a meticulous understanding of each part of a cell and […]
In Germany, the project “Formation of deposits and prevention of deposits of biodiesel” carried out at the University of Rostock shows that the use of biodiesel in modern engine systems leads not only to the reduction of greenhouse gases, particles and hydrocarbon emissions but also to the prevention of internal diesel injector deposits (IDID). The […]
In Japan, researchers have uncovered details of how a certain type of bacteria breaks down cellulose—a finding that could help reduce the cost and environmental impact of the use of biomass, including biofuel production. The bacteria’s cellulose degradation system is in some way different from how a fungus is already widely used in industry, including […]
In Germany, researchers from the Technical University Graz and the RUB were able to increase the catalytic activity of cyanobacteria and makes them more attractive for biotechnological use, where they could be used with targeted enzymes as eco-friendly and readily available biocatalysts for the production of new chemicals. Cyanobacteria, which – although they color water […]
In Missouri, innumerable road trips and hundreds of plants have resulted in a paper, “A genome resource for green millet Setaria viridis enables discovery of agronomically valuable loci,” in Nature Biotechnology. Researchers from the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, along with researchers at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) […]
In Germany, in a joint project with the University of Stuttgart and LCS Life Cycle Simulation, researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB and the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV are now working to establish a holistic concept for the sustainable use of biologically degradable packaging materials in […]
In the UK, University of Leeds researchers have joined forces with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew to conduct research into the plants and fungi that could be used as a source of energy as well as assessing the species with the potential to be scaled-up with innovative technologies. This research forms part of a joint […]
