ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- Oct. 18, 2006
... attack. These biofilms threaten medical implants, fuel tanks in jet planes and even dental health, Everts notes in the article. While scientists still do not know all of the secrets behind bacterial conversations, they are moving closer toward stopping some of bacteria's most harmful effects, according t...Bacteria that use radiated water as food
...less Earthly implications, however. It will likely fuel optimism that life exists in other deep subsurface environments, such as in groundwater beneath the permafrost on Mars. "We know surprisingly little about the origin, evolution and limits for life on Earth," said IUB biogeochemist Lisa Pratt, who le...Biofuel cells without the bio cells
... as electrons or in the form of a natural cellular fuel called NADH--and only during binding detected char...ctors, which rely on living bacteria." Biological fuel cells, or biofuel cells, are not yet powerful enough to be commercially viable but they offer the pr...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, October 2006
...it, proving that reducing sulfur content in diesel fuel is critical to lessening emissions. Beginning Oct....much as conventional buses, boasts three times the fuel economy and can carry 20 percent more passengers could debut by the middle of next year. At the hear...Binghamton University researcher makes major biofilm dispersion breakthrough
... increases in the price of crude oil, and drove up fuel oil and gas prices. Annual worldwide costs of biofilm infection and remediation are in the high billions, even according to the most modest estimates, and they are costs borne by industries and consumers worldwide. Name a manufacturing process an...Northern bogs may have helped kick-start past global warming
...e northern-most third of the globe probably helped fuel the last major round of global warming, which drew the ice age to a close between 11,000 and 12,000 years ago, UCLA and Russian Academy of Sciences scientists have concluded. But the new information in no way lets human sources of greenhouse gases ...Harvesting machine driving mesquite-to-ethanol potential
...e of Oklahoma to look atmesquite as an alternative fuel in southwestern Oklahoma. "To develop this industry, there are supply, harvest, conversion andecological issues," Ansley said. "Here, we're looking at cutting,collecting, baling and transporting the mesquite feedstock." The new machine was de...Alaska study offers strategies to mitigate climate warming
...s transforming an Alaska village from diesel-based fuel to biomass more feasible. Despite the challenges of sustaining the beneficial attributes of complex social-ecological systems in the face of multiple large-scale directional changes, including climate warming, the authors conclude that each of the s...Genome archaeology illuminates the genetic engineering debate
...ing insights into plant genomic evolution may well fuel the fires of the genetically modified organism (GMO) controversy. "Our findings elucidate an active evolutionary process in which nature inserts genes much like modern biotechnologists do. Now we must reassess the allegations that biotechnologists ......spirin reduces the formation of blood vessels that fuel developing tumors. Without new blood vessels (formed through a process called angiogenesis) tumors cannot grow. With this information, researchers can pursue new lines of investigation that could ultimately yield an entirely new type of cancer-fighti...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- September 27, 2006
... vehicles. The study assumes that the final liquid fuel production facility is in the European Union, where biomass raw materials would have to be imported after pretreatment at the place of origin. It concludes that high-quality liquid fuels could be produced from imported biomass for about $2.60 per g...Explaining the methane mystery
...med from strongly increasing emissions from fossil fuel use in north Asia. The scientists also showed how changes in emissions from wetlands and, to a lesser extent, bushfires, accounted for variations in atmospheric methane from year to year. The research is expected to help reduce uncertainties in f...Glue made from ethanol-production leftovers may be worth more than the fuel itself
...orn, but that doesn't mean growing grass crops for fuel won't pay, says Paul Weimer. Rather than dwelling on finding ways to squeeze extra ethanol out of biomass from crops such as switchgrass, Weimer is concentrating his research on the leftovers. He thinks that the large heap of fermentation residue ...Research aims for more efficiency in harvest and handling
...ge grasses, such as switchgrass, for both feed and fuel production. Corn stover is usually left in the field or used as animal fodder, but it has tremendous potential as a cellulosic source of ethanol - if the shredding, drying, raking, bailing and transporting can be made less costly and less labor-i...What animals can tell us about hemorrhage, organ transplants and aging
...ng birds thousands of miles to understand how they fuel their metabolisms for grueling transoceanic flights They slog through wetlands, studying frogs that literally freeze during the winter, then hop away in the spring as though nothing unusual occurred Comparative physiologists study all kinds of an......nd propane are known as typical products of fossil fuel generation at elevated temperatures and pressure, without direct involvement of microbes. In the PNAS article, the team argues that microbes played a key role in the formation of these hydrocarbons. "Sediments contain organic material (the fossil r...Fatty acids and caveolin-1 are essential in liver regeneration
...hed in Science demonstrates that lipids can be the fuel for cell division, whereas until today, it was assumed that glucose was its first energy source. This discovery could explain why steatosis, a disease where an excessive accumulation of lipids in the liver, is considered a risk factor for the apparit...The first tree genome is published: Poplar holds promise as renewable bioenergy resource
...e day factor prominently in meeting transportation fuel needs, according to scientists whose research on t... of replacing 30 percent of current transportation fuel demand with biofuels by 2030. DOE scientists envision a future where vast poplar farms in regions ...Using microbes to fuel the US hydrogen economy
...eraton Palace. The focus on hydrogen as a future fuel source is compelling given dwindling supplies of o... contrast, burning hydrogen gas (for example, in a fuel cell) produces no pollution. And hydrogen, a constituent of water, is widely abundant. However, find......ky Fowl: An odd bird with meat to crow about Tiny fuel cell might replace batteries in laptop computers, ...GOED FOR: Tuesday, Sept. 12, 5:00 p.m., EDT Tiny fuel cell might replace batteries in laptop computers, portable electronics If you're frustrated by fr...