Biology
The invention of the plant grows out of Omega-3 fish oil
Recently, scientists have studied genetically modified Camelina to extract the composition of fish oil that is beneficial for cardiovascular health.
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Unique hydroponic model of Vietnamese people in the US
After the BP oil spill, the Vietnamese fishermen group in New Orleans and the United States turned to developing aquaculture and hydroponic models with unique water tank…
Biology
Discovering the type of gene can increase palm oil production
Malaysian scientists have identified an important gene for oil palm, called the Shell gene, that can increase palm oil production and reduce pressure on tropical forests.
Biology
E.coli bacteria can produce diesel
It sounds like science fiction, but there is actually a research team from Exeter University, with support from Shell, that has developed a method to make diesel-produci…
Biology
Biofuel tree in Cuba
Cuban scientists on July 16 announced a plant that could be used to produce biofuels. So long, Jatropha tree (also known as fence or stalk tree) produces fruit with seed…
Biology
Converting waste cooking oil into biofuel
Scientists at the Institute of Chemistry - Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology have successfully studied the method of converting waste cooking oil into biofuel by…
Biology
Study bacteria eating oil and gas in oil spills
Researchers found that water temperature plays an important role in how bacteria respond to oil spills.
Biology
Producing diesel oil from crocodile fat
Recently American scientists at Louisiana University have succeeded in extracting biofuel from crocodile fat.
Biology
Turn straw into ... fuel
From 1 ton of straw, can produce 250kg of liquid fuel ... Scientists of the Institute of Chemistry have successfully produced bio-oil from straw by pyrolysis technology.
Biology
New oil sand extraction technology
The new, more environmentally friendly method will extract oil from oil sands that has been developed by researchers at Penn State University (USA).
Biology
Turn used cooking oil into biofuel
Scientists from Vietnam Institute of Chemistry, Institute of Science and Technology have successfully produced biofuels from waste vegetable oil.
Biology
Fat in Vietnamese Nopal cactus seeds is higher than that of Germany
Scientists from Polytechnic University (VNU-HCM) and Hanoi Polytechnic University have taken seeds from red ripe fruits of Nopal cactus grown in Ninh Hai district, Ninh…
Biology
Argentina produces biofuels from marine algae
Argentina's Oilfox SA has inaugurated the first algae-based biodiesel plant in Latin America, with the goal of gradually replacing the production of biofuels from soybea…
Biology
The silent savior of the Gulf of Mexico
Scientists in the US have discovered a new strain of bacteria that eat oil rapidly growing in the Gulf of Mexico and helping to destroy oil particles.
Biology
Caution with Jatropha tree
After eagerly planting Jatropha trees to develop biofuels, many units were disappointed to find that this tree was not as effective as introduced.