To make biofuels more economically viable, a group of researchers led by MIT’s Gregory Stephanopoulos is trying to improve the productivity of the microbes that convert treated biomass into ethanol.

and supported by the prestigious US-based international maritime research agency Office of Naval Research Global (ONR), is using synthetic biology to help identify a more efficient and sustainable ...

A team of researchers has developed a new self-powered biosensor that can detect Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria in ...

A self-powered biosensor detects and destroys E. coli using enzyme-driven energy, aptamer-based recognition, and silver ion ...

Which plants are good resources for biofuel production? The first attempts to produce a biologically-based fuel to replace mineral petrol and diesel, continued to look for derivatives of well ...

(See recent related stories about fuel from whisky and microbes.) But advanced biofuels have not scaled up as quickly as many have hoped. In the United States, for example, there are moves to ...

Helped by microbes, duckweed nourished by factory wastewater ... “It has potential applications in nutrition, bioremediation, biofuel and bioplastics production,” he says.

The company will face competition from others developing microbes that excrete biofuels, including Synthetic Genomics, which has partnered with ExxonMobil; Algenol, which is working with Dow ...

Microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi, and algae play a fundamental role in sustaining Earth's ecosystems and are now at the forefront of innovations aimed at addressing global sustainability ...

There is some discussion of various processes like pyrolysis, and biological methods like engineered bacteria and enzymes. EU regulators are pushing hard for increased use of biofuels in coming ...

The ADBA model not only provides a detailed understanding of algal-bacteria interactions but also offers practical solutions for wastewater treatment and biofuel production. By optimizing algal ...

Similarly, bioengineered bacteria are also being used to break down toxic compounds, including plastic waste, and produce biofuels as an alternative to fossil fuels. And we have barely scratched ...