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- Microbial Team Creates Biofuel That Functions Better Than Ethanol Thu, 29 Aug 13, 11:13pmWhen it comes to matching the properties of gasoline, isobutanol packs more bang for its buck than ethanol. To create the biofuel, a team of researchers from the University of Michigan are taking a fungus and strain of bacteria...
- MIT Scientists Engineer Yeast Cells to Produce More Efficient Biofuels Tue, 19 Feb 13, 4:30amIn the hunt to replace petroleum, scientists are looking for more efficient ways to produce biofuels from organisms. A team of researchers at MIT have engineered yeast to manufacture the heavy alcohol isobutanol. Yeast normally...
- U.S. Department of Energy Announces New Biofuel for the Replacement of Gasoline Thu, 10 Mar 11, 1:10amThe U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has just announced a breakthrough discovery in the world of biofuels. Led by Energy Secretary Steven Chu, the research team headed up by the Department’s BioEnergy Science Center has...