Engineered Yeast Speeds Ethanol Production, Work Could Boost Supply Of Biofuel

"MIT scientists have engineered yeast that can improve the speed and efficiency of ethanol production, a key component to making biofuels a significant part of the U.S. energy supply. MIT professor of chemical engineering Gregory Stephanopoulos (left), postdoctoral associate...

The problem with transport biofuels

EcoFish is a great environmental blog from the UK...there has been a lot of controversy about the environmental impacts of "biofuels (like ethanol)- even though they are being proposed as a solution to the problem...

Trees Show Greater Promise As E85 Feedstock :: MAXINE

It turns out that we do not need to consume or destroy food based crops or growing fields in order to reap the benefits of ethanol based bio-fuels.Trees, specifically Cottonwood trees, can be raised and the leaves...
 

closeSign in to NowPublic

is reporting from