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Energy Grasses Take Center Stage at Ceres Field Day
27 08 2010 COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Energy industry executives joined investors and policymakers near Houston, Texas earlier today to take a firsthand look at energy grasses and research developments that are expected to push bioenergy to the forefront of renewable power and transportation fuels.

Pine Oil: Another Potential Biofuel Solution
27 08 2010 What’s the most viable crop in terms of long-term sustainable growth in the United States’ southeast region?

It’s pine trees. The area of the country that includes the deep south and its lush agricultural resources can grow pine trees seemingly endlessly. And if the southeast can figure out a way to economically convert pine trees to energy, it could be a powerful region in the renewable energy solution for the U.S.

Regional energy ministers for US conference
27 08 2010 WASHINGTON DC, United States, CMC — Energy ministers from two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries will join their counterparts from Central America for a three-day meeting in South Florida.

The Organisation of American States (OAS) says it has joined with the United States Department of State and the Brazil government in organising the August 26-28 "Renewable Energy Meeting and Site Visit for Energy Ministers from Central America and the Caribbean".

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Complete Sequence of Jatropha Genome Announced
27 08 2010 The Bioenergy website carried the press release announcing "the completed sequencing of the Jatropha curcas genome to 100x coverage", by Life Technologies Corporation and SG Biofuels Company. The Jatropha sequence is seen to significantly accelerate "the identification of key traits for the oilseed-producing crop and advances its development as a h...

Analysis of Land-Use Impacts from Increased Biofuels Production in the EU
27 08 2010 A report from the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Iowa State University (United States), shows an analysis of the world market impacts of higher biofuel use in the European Union (EU). The study was commissioned by German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) and the European Commission's Joint Research Centre–Institute for...

Enzymes in Termite Salivary Tissues Have Potential Lignin-degrading Ability
27 08 2010 Scientists from the University of Florida (UF, United States) report that enzymes found in termite salivary tissues may be able to accomplish the degradation of lignin in lignocellulosic biomass at room temperature. Lignin is the tough molecular wrapping around the cellulose and hemicellulosic fibers in plant biomass. In the production of "cellulo...

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E. coli engineered to produce biodiesel
03 09 2010 New research is shedding light on how to alter the genetic makeup of E. coli to produce biodiesel fuel derived from fatty acids.

Fuel-efficiency formula needs cars wired with better brainpower, less vroom
01 09 2010 A researcher says it's possible to triple fuel economy in gasoline-powered cars by 2035, but it'll mean getting our automotive kicks from smart electronic technology and other forms of virtual performance rather than horsepower.

Juicing up laptops and cell phones with soda pop or vegetable oil?
25 08 2010 Scientists are reporting the development of a new battery-like device that opens the possibility that people one day could "recharge" cell phones, laptops, and other portable electronics in an unlikely way -- with a sugar fix from a shared sip of soda pop or even a dose of vegetable oil.

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Researchers preparing for Blue Waters: Most powerful supercomputer in the world
30 04 2010 Researchers are preparing their computational chemistry tools for the Blue Waters supercomputer and its quadrillion calculations per second. Blue Waters is expected to be the most powerful supercomputer in the world for open scientific research when it comes online in 2011.

Surprising behavior of tiny 'artificial muscles' explained
29 04 2010 Using neutron beams and atomic-force microscopes, a team of researchers may have resolved a 10-year-old question about an exotic class of "artificial muscles" -- how do they work? Their results could influence the design of future specialized robotic tools.

New tool for controlling ultracold gases: Electric fields
29 04 2010 Physicists have demonstrated a new tool for controlling ultracold gases and ultracold chemistry: electric fields.

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Biofuels fraud: Speight sentenced to 26 months
04 09 2010 ABERDEEN – H. Max Speight, who admitted he defrauded a federal biofuels program, was sentenced to 26 months in prison today in U.S. District Court.

Biofuels Mandated for Canadian Gas Tanks
02 09 2010 Canadians will be burning home-grown biofuels in their engines as early as this December.

SG Biofuels Lands $9.41M
01 09 2010 Encinitas-based SG Biofuels, a developer of Jatropha-based biofuels technology, has raised $9.41M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. Source of the new funding was not disclosed. SG Biofuels is headed by Kirk Haney. Jatropha is a drought- and pest-resistant plant which has a very high oil content, and which has been identified as a good source of biofuels.

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