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Recycling waste from biofuel production could lower cost for future biorefineries.
Identifying enzyme instigators will speed the ability to manipulate plant cell wall structures for renewable feedstocks.
Glaciers in cold, dry ecosystems respond differently to changes in climate than glaciers in warmer climates.
New findings will help extend the lifetime of catalysts used to process bio-oils in liquid systems.
Researchers use engineered bacteria to simplify biofuels production, potentially lowering cost.
Microbes often evolve and work together to thrive in no oxygen situations, hinting at how carbon and energy flow just below soils and sediments.
Discovery of a new enzyme system sheds further light on a microbe’s ability to efficiently break down inedible plant matter for conversion to biofuels and biobased chemicals.
The orientation-dependent thermal properties of black phosphorous could be used to keep microchips cool and improve their efficiency.
Junctions between conductive graphene and insulating nanotubes could lead to faster electronics and computers.
New tabletop laser achieves sought-after energies needed for advanced characterization with unprecedented precision and range.
Theoretical modeling of energy loss in solar cells may lead to more efficient materials to convert sunlight to electricity.
Scientists review how we are matching – or exceeding – nature’s ability to make strong, tough lightweight structural materials.
