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Teaching a Microbe to Make Fuel
August 20, 2012 — A genetically modified organism could turn carbon dioxide or waste products into a gasoline-compatible transportation ... > full story -
Fueling the Future With Renewable Gasoline and Diesel
August 20, 2012 — A new process for converting municipal waste, algae, corn stalks and similar material to gasoline, diesel and jet fuel is showing the same promise in larger plants as it did in laboratory-scale ... > full story -
Novel Nano-Structures to Realize Hydrogen's Energy Potential
August 15, 2012 — Using a unique nanostructure, researchers have demonstrated for the first time that a promising hydrogen storage material can release and reabsorb ... > full story -
New Process Doubles Production of Alternative Fuel While Slashing Costs
August 14, 2012 — A new discovery should make the alternative fuel butanol more attractive to the biofuel industry. Scientists have found a way around the bottleneck that has frustrated producers in the past and could ... > full story -
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A New Energy Source: Major Advance Made in Generating Electricity from Wastewater
August 13, 2012 — Engineers have made a breakthrough in the performance of microbial fuel cells that can produce electricity directly from wastewater, opening the door to a future in which waste treatment plants not ... > full story -
Controlling Gene Expression With Hydrogen Peroxide 'Switches'
August 1, 2012 — Hydrogen peroxide doesn't just come in bottles from the drugstore – the human body makes it as well. Now researchers have found a way to use naturally occurring hydrogen peroxide inside cells ... > full story -
Scientists Use Microbes to Make 'Clean' Methane
July 27, 2012 — Microbes that convert electricity into methane gas could become an important source of renewable energy, according to scientists. Researchers are raising colonies of microorganisms, called ... > full story -
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Beating the Fuel Prices: Using Yeast for Economic Production of Bioethanol
July 18, 2012 — Finding renewable and economic sources of energy are one of the most important concerns for the continuation of the human species. New research has produced a novel strain of yeast with improved ... > full story -
Calculations Reveal Fine Line for Hydrogen Release from Storage Materials
July 17, 2012 — Scientists have shed new light on the kinetics of hydrogen release, or dehydrogenation, from aluminum hydride, a material that is highly promising for energy storage. Their computer simulations also ... > full story -
Replacing Coal With Natural Gas Would Reduce Global Warming
July 16, 2012 — A debate has raged in the past couple of years as to whether natural gas is better or worse overall than coal and oil from a global warming perspective. The back-and-forth findings have been due to ... > full story
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