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Discover the unexpected use of beer
According to researchers at Bristol University (UK), one of the most widely used stable petroleum alternatives worldwide is bio-ethanol biofuel.
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Making butanol from plants
As a chemical for industrial processes, butanol is used in everything from oil brakes, paint thinners, to plastics.
Biology
Producing chemicals and biofuels from wood biomass
Aalto University Finland has proposed a method to use bacteria to produce butanol suitable for biofuels and other industrial chemicals from wood biomass.
Biology
New technology makes butanol - a better biofuel than ethanol
The team of researchers headed by an environmental engineer at Washington University in Louis is plying with new techniques to produce a biofuel better than ethanol call…
New technology
Turns the paper into 'gasoline'
Old newspapers that we throw away can become fuel for cars in the future, thanks to a newly discovered bacterium.