biofuel from cyanobacteria Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Sat, 29 Sep 2012 22:26:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Scientists Use Heat to Improve Biofuel Synthesis https://www.greenoptimistic.com/scientists-use-heat-to-improve-biofuel-synthesis-20120929/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/scientists-use-heat-to-improve-biofuel-synthesis-20120929/#respond Sat, 29 Sep 2012 14:43:32 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=26223 A group of scientists from Arizona State University (ASU) have opened new doors to the production of renewable energy by generating a new biofuel synthesis method that is much cheaper and of higher yield. For five years now, ASU Biodesign Institute researcher and microbiologist Roy Curtiss and his team have been developing cyanobacteria as feedstock […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/scientists-use-heat-to-improve-biofuel-synthesis-20120929/feed/ 0 26223 Suicidal Genetically Modified Cyanobacteria Generating Biofuels https://www.greenoptimistic.com/suicidal-genetically-modified-cyanobacteria-generating-biofuels-20091210/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/suicidal-genetically-modified-cyanobacteria-generating-biofuels-20091210/#respond Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:41:56 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=5726 They used cyanobacteria because they are easy to manipulate genetically and have a higher biofuel output capacity than any plant crops currently used to produce fuels.

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