"A significant portion of all drug ingredients is plant-based ... However, using algae for fuel and biodiesel production remains an issue. "The big test is whether [the algae] can be successfully ...

His previous research on algal biofuels had taught him that these tiny creatures can ... but also create algae with entirely new abilities. As Fabris noted, plants are very good at producing ...

Which plants are good resources for biofuel production ... "Cultivating Clean Energy. The Promise of Algae Biofuels." Report by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Terrapin Bright ...

Using algae to make biodiesel has been talked about and tested for a while now. One of the leaders in the field is GreenFuel Technologies Corporation, which is giving the little plants CO2-rich ...

Advanced techniques are allowing scientists to witness the process where plant cells generate cellulose fibers.

The new plant will use grasses as a feedstock. BP is also actively involved in a number of other biofuel projects including algae diesel and butanol. BP is planning to start biobutanol production ...

“It answers the fundamental question of how the earliest land plants evolved from aquatic freshwater algae ...

SINGAPORE -- A Singapore-headquartered startup that produces algae for biofuels has raised nearly $50 million from a group of Japanese investors, as it seeks to scale up its production capacity in ...

Amid climate uncertainty, curators at the Bigelow National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota are hopeful that if there’s ...

In a groundbreaking study on the synthesis of cellulose -- a major constituent of all plant cell walls -- a team has captured images of the microscopic process of cell-wall building continuously over ...