Category: Research

Argonne researchers develop highly selective adsorbent material to boost bioproduction efficiencies

November 13, 2019 | Meghan Sapp

In Illinois, researchers from two divisions at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory who have joined forces to develop a highly selective adsorbent material called EZ Select to tackle inefficiencies in bioproduct extraction. Combining the laboratory’s expertise in biosciences with its manufacturing know-how, the technology demonstrates the power of partnership. In bioproduct […]

UAE consortium teams on Salicornia project

November 12, 2019 | Meghan Sapp

In the UAE, under the auspices of Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA), the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) has signed an agreement with eight farms in Al Khatam and Al Khaznah, at the Emirates of Abu Dhabi, to launch a research project to tap the potential of reject brine, wastewater from desalination […]

Michigan State University researchers investigating seedling pathogens for corn, soybean and wheat

November 11, 2019 | Meghan Sapp

In Michigan, a group of scientists in the Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences at Michigan State University set out to gain a better understanding of the composition of seedling pathogens, with results that will aid disease management research not only in corn but in rotational crops such as soybean and wheat. This research […]

New findings can help protect hydrogen-producing enzymes from harmful oxygen

November 10, 2019 | admin

In Germany, researchers at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum found that certain enzymes, such as the hydrogen-producing hydrogenases, are unstable in the presence of oxygen and have clarified this at the atomic level. Using X-ray diffraction, they showed how certain iron atoms in the center of the enzyme change in the presence of oxygen, which gradually leads […]

UC Santa Barbara and PNNL researchers to image microbial processes for waste-to-energy

November 7, 2019 | Meghan Sapp

In California, local press reports that researchers from the University of California at Santa Barbara together with those from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will image microbial processes used in waste-to-energy production as part of a $2.25 million Department of Energy grant aimed at improving biofuel production. They believe the guts of herbivores will provide […]

Cold Spring Harbor lab researchers double amount of grain in sorghum

November 6, 2019 | Meghan Sapp

In New York state, plant scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) and USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS), in their search for solutions to global food production challenges, have doubled the amount of grains that a sorghum plant can yield. Sorghum, one of the world’s most important sources of food, animal feed, and biofuel, is […]

Purdue University scores funding for phase 2 of remote sensing research project

November 5, 2019 | Meghan Sapp

In Indiana, Purdue University scientists developed remote sensing technology under the Transportation Energy Resources from Renewable Agriculture (TERRA) program, through a $6.6 million U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) grant awarded in 2015. The agency is funding a second phase of the TERRA project at $4.5 million that is being matched with […]

Protected: ABLC Next 2019 Presentations

November 4, 2019 | Jim Lane

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$University of Illinois researchers find fractionation can boost profits at ethanol plants$

University of Illinois researchers find fractionation can boost profits at ethanol plants

November 4, 2019 | Meghan Sapp

In Illinois, ethanol plants typically use dry grind processing methods; however, implementing fractionation techniques that separate corn components prior to fermentation can improve profitability, a University of Illinois study shows. The researchers found that wet fractionation techniques designed for separating germ (containing maximum oil) and pericarp (the outer layer of the corn seed, containing mostly […]

Catalyst that lives forever? Researchers make efficient biocatalysts that last longer

November 3, 2019 | admin

In Germany, researchers at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum have succeeded in equipping a catalyst with an extremely thin protective film of molecular building blocks, which shields it from oxygen and thus makes its life practically infinite. The catalyst still works efficiently. Oxygen threatens sustainable catalysts that convert hydrogen into fuel cells but researchers have developed a […]

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