Forest fires a real concern for areas hit hard by hurricanes
...r, PNW research forester, will soon lead a team of fuels specialists in evaluating the amounts of dead tree...e team will measure logs, stumps, and other forest fuels across a broad spectrum of pine and hardwood forests, and use the data to develop a photographic gui...Workshop suggests turning problems into biofuels
... McCutchen said. Other workshops examined fossil fuels for transportation, nuclear energy, electric power systems, energy efficiency and renewables and energy policy. Participants plan to write up their discussions for possible inclusion in the system's 2008 federal initiative process. ...High-value chemicals produced from ethanol feedstocks could boost biorefinery economics
...ted Kingdom, there is strong interest in producing fuels from municipal wastes." The Alliance is taking a comprehensive approach to the biorefinery, conducting studies of how to maximize plant growth through genetic engineering, developing new microbial techniques for digesting cellulose, and applying en...Using microbes to fuel the US hydrogen economy
... escalating costs and the fact that burning fossil fuels releases large amounts of carbon dioxide, a "greenhouse" gas, into the atmosphere. In contrast, burning hydrogen gas (for example, in a fuel cell) produces no pollution. And hydrogen, a constituent of water, is widely abundant. However, finding simpl...The first tree genome is published: Poplar holds promise as renewable bioenergy resource
...tudy. "Biofuels emit fewer pollutants than fossil fuels such as gasoline. In addition, poplar and related ...cover new biotechnology-based methods of producing fuels from plant matter (biomass) cost-effectively. Earlier this year DOE published a study summarizin...Explaining the methane mystery
...uding agriculture and the mining and use of fossil fuels produce large amounts of the gas....ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- September 27, 2006
...mporting the raw materialsEnergy & Fuels Liquid fuels can be produced economically from biomass right no...ids (BtL) route, one of the most promising biomass fuels options. BtL involves first converting biomass into a gas and then using a commercially available ch...USGS presents a world of science at GSA in Philadelphia
...rebuilds, energy needs are growing rapidly and new fuels for transportation, power generation, and heating ...e of carbon that is twice that of all other fossil fuels on earth combined. But extracting gas from gas hydrates is challenging because hydrates are unstab...Former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt to speak at Yale Dam Conference
...cultural crops, energy as an alternative to fossil fuels or nuclear power, and economic development. However, they also disturb the habitats of fish and other aquatic organisms, alter river landscapes and displace entire communities. The conference will promote discussion between academics, technical exper...NSF awards 17 grants for research on biocomplexity in the environment
...hange and the environmental impacts of alternative fuels and vehicles; and the production and use of a novel bacterial protein in aquaculture operations. Scientists and engineers will work in teams across diverse fields that include biology, physics, engineering, economics, geochemistry and others, said L...U of M researchers invent 'flashy' new process to turn soy oil, glucose into hydrogen
...r than current technology, with no input of fossil fuels and in reactors at least 10 times smaller than cur...e cheap, worthless biomass and turn it into useful fuels and chemicals," said team leader Lanny Schmidt, a Regents Professor of chemical engineering and mate...Growth factor signals influence balance between normal growth and cancerous growth
...d Dr. Grimberg. "IGF-I doesn't ignite the fire; it fuels it." At each stage that cancer progresses, she added, "IGF signaling can stimulate cells to behave more dangerously." The study may have implications for patients receiving growth hormone or other growth-promoting therapies. Recombinant human grow...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, November 2006
... degrading or sequestering pollutants to producing fuels such as ethanol or hydrogen. [Contact: Larisa Brass, (865) 574-4163; brasslm@ornl.gov ] ELECTRICITY -- Power to spare . . . With thousands of substation power transformers around the nation operating on borrowed time, the need to develop a ne...RAND study says renewable energy could play larger role in US energy future
...ce 25 percent of the electricity and motor vehicle fuels used in the United States by 2025 at little or no ... renewable energy target for electricity and motor fuels together would not increase total national energy spending if renewable energy production costs decl...Microorganisms one part of the solution to energy problem, says report
...o the report. Additionally, the burning of fossil fuels and the resulting release of carbon dioxide and co...ganisms can and are being used to produce numerous fuels including ethanol, hydrogen, methane and butanol. It also discusses the advantages, disadvantages a...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- Nov. 15, 2006
...ake a new generation of renewable fuels, including fuels not just from corn but also from the leaves and stalks of corn plants. Mullin points out that barely one-third of available oil has been extracted from existing oil fields. But with today's higher oil prices, chemists and chemical engineers are on ...Coal, oil or natural gas: all fossil fuels contain the energy of sunlight, stored with the aid of photosynthesis in energy-rich chemical compounds. A researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Bioinorganic Chemistry in Mlheim on the Ruhr working with colleagues from the Technical University i...Plant potential in the pipeline
...ats to society are our dependence on finite fossil fuels and climate change.Plants have the potential to provide us with everything now made using petroleum, creating a sustainable society for the future and addressing immediate concerns such as energy costs, security of supply and our impact on the enviro...UNC scientists solve mystery of how largest cellular motor protein powers movement
...solve a scientific mystery: how the protein dynein fuels itself to perform cellular functions vital to life. These functions include mitosis, or cell division into identical cells. Dynein uses energy derived from ATP, or adenosine triphosphate, a molecule that is the principal form of energy for cells. T......rowth rate is accelerating, signifying that fossil fuels are having an impact on greenhouse gas concentrations in a way we haven't seen in the past." Drs Raupach and Fraser presented their latest findings last week during the Annual Science Meeting at Tasmania's Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station, ...