Technology converts human waste into bio-based fuel It may sound like science fiction, but wastewater treatment plants across the United States may one day turn ordinary sewage into biocrude... Read more
First evidence for new molecular structure could open doors to chemical solutions for environmental problems Indiana University researchers have reported the first definitive evidence for a... Read more
A new biofuel production process created by Michigan State University researchers produces 20 times more energy than existing methods. The results, published in the current issue of Environm... Read more
Researchers at the Argentine National Institute for Industrial Technology (INTI) are taking a new approach to the manufacture of natural dyes from agricultural waste. The method involves ext... Read more
Image by Paulo Brandão via Flickr Biofuels may stifle global warming, but scientists warn that agricultural runoff causes new problems Each year in April and May as farmers in the central US... Read more
Biofuels are seen as a more environmentally friendly fuel source than petroleum-based fuels, but transporting the bulky biomass used to produce them is expensive because of their volume. It’... Read more