Can 3rd and 4th Gen Biofuels Wean Us from Our Petro-Addiction?
With images of oil-drenched wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico fresh in our minds, we look at innovations in biofuels that might displace o...

Re: Will Fourth Generation Biofuels Save Mankind?
Arthur says: Bolzmann was looking at gases confined, the container is part of his system. I am merely letting that container cool as it...

Green foreign jobs
The General accounting office has taken a look at Recovery Act spending in North Carolina, and a number of High Country projects are pr...

Rosetta Genomics Establishes Rosetta Green as Majority-owned Subsidiary; Focus on MicroRNA Applications in Improving Feedstocks for Biofuels and Agriculture
Israel-based Rosetta Genomics has taken Rosetta Green, its plant biotechnology project, and formed it into a majority-owned subsidiary ...

Idaho National Lab Nominates Supercritical/Solid Catalyst for Biodiesel Production for R&D 100 Awards
Idaho National Laboratory has nominated its supercritical/solid catalyst for biodiesel production from waste fats, oils and greases for...

UC Davis Names Chevron Chair in Energy Efficiency
The University of California, Davis announced the appointment of Professor Nicole Woolsey Biggart of the university s Graduate School...

Two-Step Catalytic Approach for Conversion of Glucose in Ionic Liquids to the Biofuel DMF
Researchers at UC Berkeley have identified a two-step catalytic approach for nearly completely converting glucose (99% conversion) to 5...

Jatropha Biodiesel-FT Blends Reduce Most Criteria Pollutants Compared to Neat FT; Higher NOx
Blending jatropha biodiesel (JBD) with Fischer-Tropsch synthetic diesel (FT) results in lower CO, THC, smoke and PM emissions compared ...

Bayer CropScience and Brazils CTC to Partner On Research to Increase Sugar Content of Sugarcane for Biofuels
Bayer CropScience and the CTC Centro de Tecnologia Canavieira, the Center for Sugarcane Technology, S o Paulo, Brazil intend to en...