All Articles Tagged As: fuel

Harvesting Biomass (10/29/2007)

Eastern North Carolina forests contain a hazardous yet valuable resource that could hold the answer for decreasing dependence on petroleum products. ...> Full Article

Microbes Plus Sugars Equals Hydrogen Fuel? (10/28/2007)

Wanted: Bacterium that can eat sugar or sludge; must be team player or electrochemically active; ability to survive without oxygen, a plus. ...> Full Article

Scientists developing clean energy systems from micro-algae (10/9/2007)

Scientists are developing a clean source of energy that could see some of our future fuel and possibly water needs being generated by solar-powered bio-reactors and micro-algae while absorbing CO2. ...> Full Article

Engineered Eggshells To Help Make Hydrogen Fuel (9/28/2007)

Engineers have found a way to turn discarded chicken eggshells into an alternative energy resource. ...> Full Article

Two Bacteria Better Than One In Cellulose-Fed Fuel Cell (7/31/2007)

No currently known bacteria that allow termites and cows to digest cellulose, can power a microbial fuel cell and those bacteria that can produce electrical current cannot eat cellulose. But careful pairing of bacteria can create a fuel cell that consumes cellulose and produces electricity, according to a team of Penn State researchers. ...> Full Article

Decoding Mushroom's Secrets Could Combat Carbon, Find Better Biofuels And Safer Soils (7/20/2007)

Researchers at the University of Warwick are co-ordinating a global effort to sequence the genome of one of the World's most important mushrooms - Agaricus bisporus. The secrets of its genetic make up could assist the creation of biofuels, support the effort to manage global carbon, and help remove heavy metals from contaminated soils. ...> Full Article