biofuel
Airplanes Might Soon Run on Jet Fuel Made of Tobacco
Boeing is collaborating with South African Airlines to develop a renewable jet fuel made out of a new, energy-rich tobacco plant.
This Genetically-Engineered Bacteria Eats Grass, Poops Out Biofuel
Scientists are getting better at making bacteria do our bidding.
The Biofuel Hope That Beats Gasoline for Climate Harm
Lifting corn waste from fields for fuel pulls CO2 and nutrients from farm soils. That's bad.
The Key To Making More Efficient Biofuels Is Taking the Wood Out of Wood
A new GM technology delivers plants with up to four times the fuel potential.
DNA Sequencing Led Researchers to Discover "Microbial Dark Matter"
We still know barely anything about the genetic makeup of bacteria.
The US Has "Little to No Chance" of Meeting Its Ethanol Production Targets
In the future, we won't be able to grow enough corn to satisfy both our food and fuel demands.
Green Fuels: Not So Green?
So there was some kind of art-hipster carnival parked out in front of my house the other day. Two colorful buses, one of them appearing to run on biofuel. I thought _that's adorable_ but then, like an hour later, I realized they'd both been idling for...