Genetically Modified Marine Algae to Increase Biofuel Production
Biologists at the University of California - San Diego disproves last month’s report of National Academy of Sciences to the Department of Energy that claimed algal...
Wood-Breaking Enzyme Discovered in Rhodococcus Jostii, A Soil-Living Bacterium
A team of researchers from the Universities of Warwick and British Columbia have discovered an enzyme in a soil-living bacterium called Rhodococcus jostii which can break down lignin, a component of the woody parts of plants. Their aim is to develop methods to process biomass that doesn't compete with food crops and that also offer cheap biofuels.
Hainan – China’s First Cooking Oil Powered Commercial Flight
Hainan Airlines, China's biggest private airline company, has completed the first for the country commercial flight, powered by biofuel from restaurant left-over cooking oil.
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