Category: Research

Idaho National Laboratory to use preprocessing technologies at the Biomass Feedstock National User Facility

January 7, 2026 | Meghan Sapp

In Idaho, Idaho National Laboratory is collaborating with Terragia Biofuel Inc. to use preprocessing technologies at the Biomass Feedstock National User Facility (BFNUF) as the company evaluates its new biomass conversion technology. This partnership is funded by the Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office and Office of Science. The BFNUF specializes in preprocessing technologies that […]

Illinois researchers develop tool allowing them to watch and quantify plants breathing

January 6, 2026 | Meghan Sapp

In Illinois, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed a groundbreaking new tool that allows them to watch and quantify how plants breathe through stomata in real-time and under strictly controlled environmental conditions. The study, published in the journal Plant Physiology, introduces a system dubbed “Stomata In-Sight.” It solves a long-standing technical challenge […]

German researchers seek carbon dioxide removal methods

January 5, 2026 | Meghan Sapp

In Germany, according to the Federal Climate Change Act, Germany is supposed to achieve greenhouse gas neutrality by 2045. To do this, it is not sufficient to massively reduce emissions: A significant portion of CO₂ needs to be removed from the atmosphere as well. Over 100 scientists in the large-scale interdisciplinary program CDRterra, working in […]

UOW to lead new center of excellence for renewable fuels

January 4, 2026 | Juan Pedro Tomas

In Australia, The University of Wollongong (UOW) said it will lead a new Australian Research Council (ARC) Center of Excellence for Renewable Fuels. The center will bring together researchers from seven Australian universities with 16 industry and international partners to develop next-generation renewable fuel technologies and build Australia’s clean energy production capability. The new center […]

Indonesian research consortium launched to boost biofuels

January 1, 2026 | Meghan Sapp

In Indonesia, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Commitment to Accelerate National Energy Transition and Food Security was signd by IPB University, the Directorate General of New Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), the IPB Alumni Association (HA), the Indonesian […]

Brazilian researchers developing container-based biodiesel and renewable diesels

December 31, 2025 | Meghan Sapp

In Brazil, Agro Estado reports that at the State University of Campinas (Unicamp), the Ethanoil+ project seeks to transform the production of biodiesel and renewable diesel – known as green diesel – using compact equipment. The initiative, conducted by the Faculty of Chemical Engineering, aims to reduce costs, increase the sustainability of the process and […]

Chinese researchers design new catalyst to produce acetaldehyde from ethanol

December 30, 2025 | Meghan Sapp

In China, a new catalyst design could transform how acetaldehyde is made from renewable bioethanol. Researchers from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy Sciences found that a carefully balanced mix of gold, manganese, and copper creates a powerful synergy that boosts efficiency while lowering operating temperatures. Their best catalyst achieved a 95% yield […]

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center researchers dig deep into sorghum

December 29, 2025 | Meghan Sapp

In Missouri, researchers from Donald Danforth Plant Science Center will lead a multi-institutional project to deepen the understanding of sorghum, a versatile bioenergy crop, and its response to environmental challenges. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Biological and Environmental Research (BER) program supports the three-year $2.5 million project for Genomics-Enabled Understanding and Advancing Knowledge on […]

Princeton’s professor wins Schmidt grant to accelerate hydrogen generation

December 28, 2025 | Juan Pedro Tomas

In Maryland, The American Bazaar reported that Satish Myneni, an Indian American professor of geosciences at Princeton University is getting funding through the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Transformative Technology Fund for a research project to speed up natural hydrogen generation for clean energy. Myneni’s team aims to study mineral-driven H2 generation and to test strategies […]

Chinese researchers develop “top-down” synthetic microbiome strategy

December 25, 2025 | Meghan Sapp

In China, researchers from the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a “top-down” synthetic microbiome strategy to enrich microbial consortia capable of efficient lignin degradation from straw compost and straw-returning soils, providing new insight into how microbial communities work together to break down lignin. Their findings are published in […]

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