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Biology
Create biofuel in just a few dozen minutes
Heating microalgae in high pressure cookers can speed up the production of crude oil from millions of years (in nature) to several tens of minutes.
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Tobacco plants can replace gasoline
Thanks to genetic modification technology, plants that cause many human health problems can become a source of biofuels for engines.
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Biological plastic - technology of the future
With rising oil prices and the threat of climate change today, bioplastic products will be one of the traditional plastic alternatives in the near future.
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Biofuel in the 'demon triangle' 3F
Fossil energy sources such as oil and coal are non-renewable sources of energy, which are gradually depleted.
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Great biofuel from algae
Hundreds of companies and laboratories around the world are racing aggressively to find an economical way to process
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Can produce diesel fuel from mushrooms
Many fungi cause plants to produce a mixture of hydrocarbons - chemical compounds that are very similar to the composition of fuels.
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Turn algae into cheap fuels
Two US scientists have just announced a low-cost machine model to convert algae that are abundant in nature into useful energy for humans.
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Exploiting diesel from wild plants
Environmentally friendly biodiesel due to its low sulfur content can be extracted from Jatropha tree seeds (Porridge), a plant that grows wild in our northern provinces.
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Algae - oil of the future
Using algae to produce biofuel instead of oil is like an arrow that hits two targets: to create energy and to clean the environment.
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Black gold from Silicon Valley
Hidro, fuel cells, electric cars - other options to replace oil are urgently sought. But they all have drawbacks. Many Silicon Valley young businesses are using genetica…
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New polymer products derived from soybean oil
Hair care products, bandages for wound treatment and capsules are potential applications of a new type of soybean-derived polymers.
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Where will the future of biofuels go?
Rising oil prices, energy safety considerations and worries about global warming will help re-ignite interest in renewable energy sources such as biofuels - fuel.
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Biofuels: green gold or potential problems?
There seems to be no topic that has many different opinions in the debate about climate change as the topic of biofuels. The likelihood of them positively influencing gr…
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Fabrication of new oil repellent
Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have just designed the first simple process in producing very strong oil-repellent materials. The material can be…