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Corn field. Photo: Petr Kratochvil

Yeast and sugar “rewired” to create new biofuel: Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering have created a new kind of biofuel from yeast and sugar. One of the advantages is that yeast can be grown anywhere and won’t compete with other food crops. For biofuel and food, Europe needs more bees: more bees = better harvests, but … [Read more...]

Rutabaga's for Biofuel?

In a very interesting recent development in biofuel Michigan State University scientists are working on the project of transforming rutabaga into a biofuel source. The idea of this project is based on the fact that rutabaga together with its oily seed can be genetically modified to produce more oil, and this oil can be used as a fuel source. In the course of experiments its … [Read more...]

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