News tagged with cellulose production
Researchers find nature's shut-off switch for cellulose production
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Dec 17, 2008 |
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Purdue University researchers found a mechanism that naturally shuts down cellulose production in plants, and learning how to keep that switch turned on may be key to enhancing biomass production for plant-based ...
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Process can cut the cost of making cellulosic biofuels
Jan 22, 2009 |
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A patented Michigan State University process to pretreat corn-crop waste before conversion into ethanol means extra nutrients don't have to be added, cutting the cost of making biofuels from cellulose.
Rice in your gas tank: Boosting biofuel production from rice straw
May 26, 2008 |
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Researchers in China are reporting a discovery that could turn rice straw into an inexpensive new renewable source of biofuel. Their new study, scheduled for the July 16 issue of ACS' bimonthly journal Energy & ...
Researchers find plant protein that may aid biofuel production
Apr 27, 2007 |
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In a breakthrough that could make the production of cellulosic ethanol less expensive, Cornell researchers have discovered a class of plant enzymes that potentially could allow plant materials used to make ...
New Ways to Use Biomass
Sep 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Alternatives to fossil fuels and natural gas as carbon sources and fuel are in demand. Biomass could play a more significant part in the future. Researchers in the USA and China have now developed ...
Researchers Create First Synthetic Cellulosome in Yeast
Oct 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers led by University of California, Riverside (UCR) Professor of Chemical Engineering Wilfred Chen has constructed for the first time a synthetic cellulosome in yeast, which is much more ...
Iowa State researcher studies how enzymes break down cellulose
Jan 30, 2008 |
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Peter Reilly pointed to the framed journal covers decorating his office. Each of the six showed the swirling, twisting, complicated structure of an enzyme. Those bright and colorful illustrations are the work ...
Genome sequencing of fungus with biotechnological applications
Feb 27, 2009 |
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Researchers Antonio G. Pisabarro (Professor of Microbiology) as well as José Luis Lavín and José Antonio Oguiza, from the Genetic and Microbiology Group at the Public University of Navarre, have taken ...
New source for biofuels discovered
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Apr 23, 2008 |
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A newly created microbe produces cellulose that can be turned into ethanol and other biofuels, report scientists from The University of Texas at Austin who say the microbe could provide a significant portion ...
Improved test can screen fungal pests for biofuel sources
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Feb 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Those pesky fungi that wreak havoc on such important crops as corn and wheat just might be the key to low-cost biofuel production, report Cornell researchers who have improved a method to ...
Troublesome green algae serve as coating substrate in record-setting battery
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Unwanted blooms of Cladophora algae throughout the Baltic and in other parts of the world are not entirely without a positive side. A group of researchers at the Angstrom Laboratory at Uppsala University have d ...
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