Microbe Produces Ethanol from Switchgrass Without Pretreatment
Genetic engineering allows biomass-degrading bacterium to make fuel in a single process.
Genetic engineering allows biomass-degrading bacterium to make fuel in a single process.
Study finds that soil carbon may not be as stable as previously thought.
Modeling approach includes the effects of ice sheet elevation and region.
Researchers identify genetic regulatory networks that influence poplar wood formation, a key bioenergy plant.
Carbon nanotubes insert into artificial and active cell membranes, reproducing major features of biological channels.
Clusters with longer separations between atoms had enhanced catalytic activity.
Concentrating noble-metal catalyst atoms on the surface of porous nano-frame alloys shows over thirty-fold increase in performance.
New microscopy technique reveals giant enhancement of coupling between magnetic and electric dipoles that could lead to novel electronic devices.
Discovery demonstrates how metamaterials may be used in non-invasive material imaging and sensing, and terahertz information technologies.
Magnetic property changes by several hundred percent over a narrow temperature range.
Thin widths change a high-performance electrical conductor into a semiconductor.
Researchers have created a porous, layered material that can serve as a graphene analog, and which may be a tool for storing energy and investigating the physics of unusual materials.