SUGAR Freeze: Boeing’s Future LNG-Powered, Ultra-Efficient Aircraft
It's a predictable fact that future aircraft won't be as polluting as today's aircraft is, but where technology will take us is yet to...
Bacterium Living in Yellowstone’s Hot Springs Studied for Ethanol-Producing Abilities
Caldicellulosiruptor obsidiansis, a bacterium that can normally be found in Yellowstone's hot springs has opened new horizons for scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)...
NASA Seeking Green Fuels for Future Spaceships
In an effort to cut costs associated with maintenance and operational hazards, but to also green up their activities, NASA is actively seeking anyone...
European Report Expects Diminished Use of Biofuels
One alternative source of energy grows in trees...or almost! I'm talking about plants involved in the production of biofuels, like sugarcane, corn or palm...
Burning Sugarcane Fields Bad for Ethanol's Carbon Footprint, Researchers Find
Ethanol is already established as a good biofuel source and is being blended with gasoline to make the fossil fuel cleaner-burning. But ethanol that...
Thai Airways to Inaugurate Asia's First Commercial Biofuel Flight
In recent years, many airlines have turned their attention to biofuels. Now, Thai Airways, the national airline of Thailand, has decided to launch Asia's...
Alaska Airlines Launches 75 U.S. Biofuel-Powered Flights
Alaska Airlines has recently launched 75 commercial passenger flights in the United States, all powered by biofuels. The company is convinced that the aviation...
Heat-Loving Fungi Help Making Biomass-based Fuels
An international group of scientists have cracked the genetic code of two heat-loving fungi, Myceliophthora thermophila and Thielavia terrestris, and could use their findings...
Renmatix Uses Supercritical Water to Turn Biomass into Biofuels
Wood chips, switchgrass and other non-edible parts of crops, also known as "agricultural waste" have been touted recently as good biofuel sources. However, extracting...
Discarded Watermelons Could be Used to Make Ethanol
Did you know that up to a fifth of all watermelons grown each summer go discarded, only because of their non-uniform shape? It's not...
