Genetic engineering allows biomass-degrading bacterium to make fuel in a single process The Science The conventional strategy for producing ethanol from plant biomass requires costly pretrea... Read more
Miscanthus does almost as well in poor soils as in fertile cropland The first long-term U.S. field trials of Miscanthus x giganteus, a towering perennial grass used in bioenergy production,... Read more
Bioethanol from new lines of native perennial prairie grass could become less costly because of plant engineering by The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation and fermentation research at Oak Ridg... Read more
Biofuel derived from crops such as switchgrass certainly holds promise, although some critics maintain that such crops use up too much agricultural land – land that could otherwise be used f... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Researchers have found a gene that promotes faster-growing and larger roots, which could lead to plants with a robuster ability to sequester excess atmospheric carbon Cha... Read more