27 November 202425 November 2024 Science breakthrough using plants as fuel without impacting food security A breakthrough more than a decade in the making, makes use of a plant’s leaves and stems to create oil, which has the potential to be used as a new global energy source
21 June 202414 June 2024 Fine-Tuning Leaf Angle with CRISPR Improves Sugarcane Yield Some researchers from the University of Florida researchers turned to gene editing tools to precisely target the sugarcane genome for improvement
8 May 20246 May 2024 Kohlendioxid in nützliche Chemikalien verwandeln Die Forschenden planen, edelmetallfreie Katalysatoren zu entwickeln, die das reaktionsträge Treibhausgas mit Hilfe von Sonnenlicht chemisch aktivieren
28 September 202223 September 2022 USDA Awards $21 Million for Two Hemp Research Projects The projects were selected as part of the first pool of grant recipients under the organizations Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodity Program
22 July 202120 July 2021 Sweet Success: CABBI Demonstrates First Precision Breeding of Sugarcane With CRISPR/Cas9 But the highly complex sugarcane genome poses challenges for conventional breeding, requiring more than a decade of trials for the development of an improved cultivar
18 April 201817 April 2018 Jet fuels from crops: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to the SPARC regional biojet consortium SPARC’s Sheeja George gave this illuminating overview of the consortium’s promise and progress at ABLC 2018 in Washington DC
18 November 201618 November 2016 Who’s got hot lignin? The Digest’s 2016 Guide to lignin production and prospects Compendium of suppliers to produce and sell cellulosic sugar and/or lignin for use by the research community
26 August 201524 August 2015 DOE funds 2 algae biomass projects under Carbon Capture Program 16 projects to receive funding through Carbon Capture Program, including two focused on algae
9 April 20158 April 2015 Virginia Tech researchers’ discovery in alternative energy production may be breakthrough for hydrogen-fueled vehicles Green hydrogen from local biomass resources
23 July 201422 July 2014 Florida Institute funds US Bioplastics Working with environmentally conscious partners for a clean industry
26 February 2013 NREL: Biomass Analysis Tool Is Faster, More Precise Determining Cell Wall Chemistry to Find Plants with Ideal Genes
12 January 2012 Pilot Biorefinery Dedicated in Perry, Florida Production of organic acids for bioplastics
30 November 2011 Biofuels spell opportunity Family of bio-based molecular precursors also to be a source for bio-based commodity plastics, not just alternatives for fossile fuels
8 August 2011 Plastic from the Wood: Environmentally Friendly Packaging Thermal properties closely match and sometimes excel those of PET-materials
6 May 2011 USDA, DOE grant $47M to eight new biorefining projects New projects in advanced biorefining feedstocks, processing and logistics
