"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

In some forms, biodiesel is compatible with a wide range ... it's actually mostly ancient plants like algae and zooplankton that have broken down under specific circumstances.

Contrary to previous belief, glaucophytes display behavior similar to plants ... a potential role in biofuel production. This is just one of many examples. Algae has already been used in ...

Unlike the easily processed sugars and oils in first-generation biofuels, lignocellulosic biomass consists of matter composed of the woody, inedible parts of plants, such as grasses, crops ...

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 ...

Land plants have developed complex structures for their CCM. Algae like C. merolae use simpler mechanisms ... produced by extremophiles have industrial applications, such as in biofuel production or ...

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 ...