A research team co-led by food science and human nutrition professor Yong-Su Jin, pictured here, with bioengineering professor Ting Lu, not pictured, found a way to increase ethanol production from a ...

Scientists are exploring a radical transformation for tobacco, shifting its purpose from cigarette production to sustainable ...

Syngas fermentation is emerging as a versatile method for converting inexpensive and abundant gaseous feedstocks, such as carbon monoxide (CO), hydrogen (H₂) and carbon dioxide (CO₂), into valuable ...

Researchers achieved a breakthrough in understanding the vulnerability of microbes to the alcohols they produce during fermentation of plant biomass. One limitation of producing biofuel is that the ...

As effective as fossil fuels may be, their impact on the planet cannot be overstated. Now researchers at Berkeley Lab have coaxed bacteria into directly producing a new biofuel with an energy density ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Microorganisms can be neighborly – when breaking down complex plant fibers they divide the labor and are able to sustain a diverse community, as each member gets its share of ...

Researchers have designed and built equipment that can be used to investigate bacterial biofuel production at a fraction of the cost of commercial systems. This technology was then used to demonstrate ...

"Electrical" bacteria are the key ingredient in a new process developed by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory that recycles wastewater from biofuel production to generate ...

A fermentation bottleneck still exists for the microbial fermentation sector, according to Swiss biotech Planetary, who is working to optimise protein and fat production with not just ‘overall ...

Microorganisms can be neighborly – when breaking down complex plant fibers they divide the labor and are able to sustain a diverse community, as each member gets its share of food. Understanding how ...