UC Davis is partner in new $125 million federal bioenergy research center
...rn California JBEI will focus on biofuels --liquid fuels derived from the solar energy stored in plant matter. UCDavis' work will be based in the Plant Genomics Program and the UCDavis Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering,deciphering the structure of the plant cell walls being converted to...Pairing nanoparticles with proteins
...en searching for efficient ways to convert organic fuels such as ethanol into electricity using catalytic electrodes. But making single layers of densely packed enzymes, the functional part of such catalytic electrodes, has been a challenge. This new research shows that precisely engineered gold nanopartic...M. D. Anderson team identifies new oncogene for brain cancer
...n shown to develop astrocytomas. Activation of Akt fuels cell growth and survival. None of the three genes caused brain cancer formation when delivered alone. The researchers tried a combination of Akt and IGFBP2 and no tumor formed, suggesting that the two genes lie in the same molecular pathway and have...American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- July 11, 2007
...ntially reduce the cost of producing clean-burning fuels from underground deposits of coal. In a study scheduled for the July 18 issue of ACSs Energy & Fuels , a bi-monthly publication, Lanhe Yang and colleagues focus on coal gasification, a process for making gaseous fuels, similar to natural gas, from c...Decoding mushroom's secrets could combat carbon, find better biofuels and safer soils
...% of annual global emissions of carbon from fossil fuels and industrial activities. Understanding the carbon cycling role of these fungi in the forests and other ecosystems is a vital component of optimizing carbon management. That however is not the end of the mushrooms talents; several Agaricus species a......understand the genetic potential of a species also fuels current efforts in human genetics." Still, it is surprising that Arabidopsis has such a plastic genome. In contrast to the genome of humans or many crop plants such as corn, that of Arabidopsis is very much streamlined, and its size is less than a ...Monell researchers find metabolic defect in liver that can lead to obesity
... reduced capacity to burn fat. Fat is one of the fuels that the bodys cells burn to provide energy. This...ncreases to cover the energy deficit. Because fat fuels are stored in fat tissue when theyre not oxidized, the increased food intake causes weight gain. ...ASU researchers partner with UOP to make biofuel for military jets a reality
....S. military another option for sustainable liquid fuels critical to their programs, said Jennifer Holmgren, director of UOPs Renewable Energy and Chemicals business unit. Fuel produced by the new process will have to meet stringent military specifications and is expected to achieve 90 percent energy ef...UC experts detail new standard for cleaner transportation fuels
...g the amount of carbon emitted when transportation fuels are used in California. This Low Carbon Fuel Sta...a standard that would reduce carbon emissions from fuels by 10 percent by 2020. Carbon and other greenhouse gases trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere and are...Climate change and permafrost thaw alter greenhouse gas emissions in northern wetlands
... viscous feedback of carbon exchange that actually fuels future climate change. The loss of permafrost usually means the loss of terra firma in an otherwise often boggy landscape, Turetsky said. Roads, buildings and whole communities will have to cope with this aspect of climate change. What this means f...