A Seattle bio-technology company has new investors and thinks it has a leg up on a process to create fuel out of simple, blue-green algae. For years, corn and soy have been used to blend bio-fuels for ...

The search for alternative fuel sources has been accelerating in response to environmental concerns and dwindling petroleum ...

The shrinking sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is, overall, a disaster. But paradoxically, the melting of the ice can also fuel ...

Biofuel producers must look beyond waste lipids if they want to avoid a feedstock bottleneck; land-efficient, ...

BOZEMAN — The same brown algae that cover rocks and cause anglers to slip while fly fishing contain oil that can be turned into diesel fuel, says a Montana State University micro- biologist. Drivers ...

From sugar cane waste to used cooking oil, local companies are turning rubbish into renewable fuel in a race to make “waste ...

Journal study co-authored by Bucknell chemical engineering professor explores how deep learning can revolutionize biodiesel ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa energy officials have approved more than $2 million for an effort to grow algae at a southwest Iowa ethanol plant and use the material to make fuel. The 18-member Iowa ...

LOGAN, Utah — Somewhere among the beakers and the bubbling green-tinged tanks in this Utah State University lab, Jeff Muhs is searching for champion pond scum for the U.S. government. If he and others ...

OTTOBRUN, Germany (Reuters) - As airlines struggle to find cleaner ways to power jets and with an industry-wide meeting on CO2 emissions just months away, scientists are busy growing algae in vast ...