News tagged with plant biomass
Like humans, ants use bacteria to make their gardens grow
Nov 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Leaf-cutter ants, which cultivate fungus for food, have many remarkable qualities.
Scientists to study plant 'switchboards'
Sep 03, 2009 |
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A new four-year, $3.72 million grant to North Carolina State University will allow researchers to shed light on an important mystery - how genes impact the type and amount of "glue," known as lignin, produced in trees. Understanding ...
Plastic that grows on trees, part two
May 19, 2009 |
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Some researchers hope to turn plants into a renewable, nonpolluting replacement for crude oil. To achieve this, scientists have to learn how to convert plant biomass into a building block for plastics and fuels cheaply and ...
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 ...
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Fuel from fiber -- Pretreatment can put corn stalks, trees in your car's tank
May 04, 2007 |
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"Put a tree in your tank." Fuel companies aren't touting that slogan. At least not yet.
Doubling a gene in corn results in giant biomass
Mar 02, 2009 |
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University of Illinois plant geneticist Stephen Moose has developed a corn plant with enormous potential for biomass, literally. It yields corn that would make good silage, Moose said, due to a greater number of leaves and ...
Two-step chemical process turns raw biomass into biofuel
Feb 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Taking a chemical approach, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a two-step method to convert the cellulose in raw biomass into a promising biofuel. The process, which is described ...
Figuring out green power -- scientists speed up discovery of plant metabolism genes
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Feb 13, 2009 |
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Michigan State University researchers are dramatically speeding up identification of genes that affect the structure and function of chloroplasts, which could lead to plants tailored specifically for biofuel ...
Turning over a new leaf for future energy supplies
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Dec 15, 2008 |
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A global energy supply based on biomass grown to generate electricity and produce fuel is a real possibility. According to Prof. Jürgen O. Metzger from Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg in Germany and Prof. Aloys ...
'Green' gasoline on the horizon?
Jan 13, 2009 |
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University of Oklahoma researchers believe newer, more environmentally friendly fuels produced from biomass could create alternative energy solutions and alleviate dependence on foreign oil without requiring changes to current ...
Plant making gas from wood opens in Austria
Jun 24, 2009 |
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A new plant that produces gas from wood was opened in Austria on Wednesday, paving the way towards new possibilities in renewable energy.
Scientists Identify Bacteria That Increase Plant Growth
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Jan 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Through work originally designed to remove contaminants from soil, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and their Belgium colleagues at Hasselt University ...
Ethanol vs. Electricity: Biomass converted into electricity could be more efficient than ethanol (w/Video)
May 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Concerns over petroleum gas prices and long-term effects of greenhouse gas emissions on the environment have prompted scientists to look for alternative renewable energy sources for transportation ...
Nitrogen research shows how some plants invade, take over others
Jul 06, 2009 |
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Biologists know that when plants battle for space, often the actual battle is for getting the nitrogen.
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