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Wet ethanol production process yields more ethanol and more co-products
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Using a wet ethanol production method that begins by soaking corn kernels rather than grinding them, results in more gallons of ethanol and more usable co-products, giving ethanol producers a bigger bang for their buck - ...
Scientists work to plug microorganisms into the energy grid
May 18, 2009 |
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The answer to the looming fuel crisis in the 21st century may be found by thinking small, microscopic in fact. Microscopic organisms from bacteria and cyanobacteria, to fungi and microalgae, are biological factories that ...
Iowa State researchers developing clean, renewable energy for ethanol industry
Mar 09, 2009 |
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Iowa State University researchers are working to produce clean, renewable energy by developing a new, low-emissions burner and a new catalyst for ethanol production.
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First evidence that weed killers improve nutritional value of a key food crop
Jul 08, 2009 |
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Scientists are reporting for the first time that the use of weed killers in farmers' fields boosts the nutritional value of an important food a crop. Application of two common herbicides to several varieties ...
Defining gene's role may lead to prevention of dangerous corn toxin
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Mar 25, 2008 |
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Discovery that a specific gene is integral to both fungal invasion of corn and development of a potentially deadly toxin in the kernels may lead to ways to control the pathogen and the poison.
An a-maize-ing path out of poverty
Oct 02, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Across Tanzania and elsewhere in Africa, processing the corn harvest is labor intensive: Families and friends gather to spend a day or two filling bags with the dried cobs, beating then to ...
The amazing maze of maize evolution
Oct 02, 2009 |
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Understanding the evolution and domestication of maize has been a holy grail for many researchers. As one of the most important crops worldwide and as a crop that appears very different from its wild relatives as a result ...
Mango seeds may protect against deadly food bacteria
Aug 13, 2009 |
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Life in the fruit bowl is no longer the pits, thanks to a University of Alberta researcher.
Study shows more corn for biofuels would hurt water
Sep 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- More of the fertilizers and pesticides used to grow corn would find their way into nearby water sources if ethanol demands lead to planting more acres in corn, according to a Purdue University study.
Research could have a green solution for food safety
Aug 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Life in the fruit bowl is no longer the pits, thanks to a University of Alberta researcher.
Pigs, people may soon eat their way to flu resistance, say researchers
Apr 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers from Iowa State University is putting flu vaccines into the genetic makeup of corn, which may someday allow pigs and humans to get a flu vaccination simply by eating corn or corn products.
Researchers find traces of mercury in high-fructose corn syrup
Jan 27, 2009 |
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A swig of soda or bite of a candy bar might be sweet, but a new study suggests that food made with corn syrup also could be delivering tiny doses of toxic mercury.
Cow stomach holds key to turning corn into biofuel
Apr 08, 2008 |
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An enzyme from a microbe that lives inside a cow’s stomach is the key to turning corn plants into fuel, according to Michigan State University scientists.
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