Oklahoma State University was recently issued a patent that could significantly increase biofuel and chemical yields while reducing carbon dioxide emissions. Hasan Atiyeh, professor of biosystems and ...

In a study recently published in Nature Communications, scientists from The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability (DTU) and Yale University have investigated how bacteria that are ...

The fermentative production of butanol offers a promising route towards sustainable biofuels and platform chemicals, harnessing the natural metabolic capabilities of microorganisms, particularly ...

Members of the biofuels industry are ready to meet the challenge of producing replacements for petrochemical fuels that will be cost-competitive and renewable, and will meet the increasingly stringent ...

ARPA-E’s Energy and Carbon Optimized Synthesis for the Bioeconomy (ECOSynBio) program aims to make production of biofuels more efficient. UC Davis researchers are taking part in three clean energy ...

Oklahoma State University’s sorghum-related biofuels research is taking a localized approach, with the aim of making possible the effective production of ethanol in the farmer’s own field. Sweet ...

SEATTLE — A drop-in aviation biofuel that relies on the direct fermentation of sugar has been approved for use, further boosting wider industry hopes of achieving a target of supplying up to 1% of the ...

New research suggests that the diversity of the microbial community involved in sugarcane ethanol fermentation processes plays a significant role in its performance. Selecting the right bacteria could ...